“Muskets were seized. Revolutionary groups were formed. The proletariat was hot now… and it saw no limit to its power or its prospects. Surely, it could pass laws too… and make itself rich. Even many of Louis’ soldiers were talking about it… and taking the proles’ side. Then, on July 14, a mob of about 1,000 people attacked the Bastille. Nearby troops did nothing to aid the small garrison of the fortress. The mob routed the defenders and murdered the Bastille’s governor, Bernard-René de Launay. De Launay’s head was sawed off and put upon a pike that was paraded around Paris. Louis XVI was executed, by guillotine, on January 21, 1793.”
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