... parlements, who believed reforms for the lower classes were unnecessary. Four days before the Bastille fell, Louis XVI dismissed his entire cabinet and appointed a new council. With rumors that the Swiss and German Guards were to murder the Parisian populace, the French Guard joined the rioting and broke into the Tuileries Palace. July 14th was Bastille day. Only four years after ... ...

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