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प्रश्न
What was the background for the storming of Bastille Prison?
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उत्तर
- When the Tennis-Court oath incident took place, the king tried to use force to disperse the commoners.
- When his own soldiers refused to obey his orders, foreign regiments were brought in.
- This provoked the people to rise in revolt in Paris on 14th July 1789.
- They stormed the Bastille prison and set-free all the prisoners.
- The fall of the Bastille was the first great turning point in the revolution. 14th July is celebrated as the National Day of France to this day.
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Match the contents of Column A and Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Boston Tea Party | (a) French thinkers and philosophers |
| 2. Battle of Waterloo | (b) First President of the United States of America |
| 3. Death of Napoleon | (c) England recognised of 13 colonies |
| 4. Louis XVI | (d) King of France |
| 5. 4th July 1776 | (e) Storming of Bastille |
| 6. 1783 | (f) Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia |
| 7. George Washington | (g) 1773 |
| 8. Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu | (h) 1815 |
| 9. 14th July 1789 | (i) 1821 |
Answer the following question
What were the causes of the American War of Independence?
Write a short note on the Boston Tea Party.
The first British colony in America was ______.
Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet was____________.
______ was the founder of the Society of Friends.
Write a short note on “Plantations and the Slave Labour”.
Why didn’t the colonies begin fighting for the sake of independence?
The ship Mayflower had taken a batch of Puritans from England.
Mention the names of the prominent members of the second continental congress.
