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Turning point · The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
Storming of the Bastille
14 Jul 1789 — A Paris crowd takes the fortress-prison, looking for gunpowder. The garrison falls; the king’s army stands aside; power has changed hands.
This is one scene of Chapter 3 — The French Revolution in The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848.
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