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    The king closed the hall of the Third Estate, prompting them to declare themselves the National Assembly and take an oath. In response, the king summoned the army and nobles to Versailles. An angry mob stormed the Bastille prison seeking weapons and gunpowder, killing 6 guards and the commander in the process. This symbolic attack frightened the king and damaged his reputation, marking the beginning of the French Revolution.

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    The king closed the hall of the Third Estate, prompting them to declare themselves the National Assembly and take an oath. In response, the king summoned the army and nobles to Versailles. An angry mob stormed the Bastille prison seeking weapons and gunpowder, killing 6 guards and the commander in the process. This symbolic attack frightened the king and damaged his reputation, marking the beginning of the French Revolution.

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    July 14, 1789

    After the General Estates the Third Estate had their hall closed down by King
    Louis XVI. IN a rage on July 17, 1789 they rushed into a Tennis Court declaring them
    the National Assembly and taking an oath on it. This scared the King and he
    summoned an army, with the nobles, at Versailles. This incited an Angry mob
    outcome on the Third Estate and they started to gather weapons only to find that
    they needed Gunpowder this led to the event of July 14, 1789. On this date they
    stormed the Bastille which was an grand building of weapons and gunpowder. In this
    attack they lost 98 men but killed 6 guards and the commander. This was symbolic
    hit to the King which frightened him. Also, with the death of the commander they
    also killed the Governor who tried to surrender which brought even more damage to
    the king. After this Louis forces the First and Second Estate into join the National
    Assembly, which is the Third Estate, and thus the Revolution begins. (177)

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