Cultural awareness Tuesday (14 th ) was a very important day in France. Do you

France. Do you know what French people celebrated ?

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It is celebrated across the whole country and is

a bank holiday. It is considered to be a very patriotic celebration

So let’s now see where it all began and how it is celebrated today

of the French revolution
Have you already heard of the

French revolution ?

the most important historical period which lasted from 1789 to

1799.

It affected the whole French social and political system.

It marked the end of the monarchy and church’s authority on the working class, especially during the creation of the declaration of the human and citizen rights in 1799.

revolution

et du citoyen- August 1799

in Paris, built in 1357.

At that time, justice was only

available for upper class called bourgeoisie which means that it was very easy for the working class to be sentenced for no reason

very powerful and imposed many taxes on the working class

so much so that they often struggled to make end’s meet.

crops. France struggles to harvest enough food for its population

and experiences a situation of famine.

Early July 1789, the king decides to create a new tax for the working class who strongly protest against it


Anger increases in Paris and
the people in the morning of
the 14th July decide to siege
the Bastille, symbol of the
king’s authority, let the
prisoners free and take all
the gun powder.


The protests will spread first
across Paris then all over
France

French revolution !

re-established during the creation of the declaration of the human

and citizen rights in August 1799.

on 15th July.
Stones were given away as souvenirs and

sent to many places in France.

today ?

Raspail passed a law which officially recognised the 14th July

as a national day

on the champs Ēlysée
Bank holiday

the French revolution?