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Thread: Bastille Day
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14th July 2009, 01:44 PM #1
Bastille Day
To our French forumites happy celbrations
Bastille Day, the French national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th's Ancient Regime. By capturing this symbol, the people signaled that the king's power was no longer absolute: power should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation of powers.
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14th July 2009, 07:38 PM #2
Skwair2rownd
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Great day in history.
Seems that some still don't get the separation of powers idea.