Tech Connection 2

-Tech. Connection 2-
Many factors have shaped French Nationalism. One of the most significant was the storming of the Bastille. This day -July 14- is still celebrated in France. In the time before the revolution, weather caused chaos in France's economy. A great drought wrecked many crops, raising the price of flour which in turn raised the price of bread to a price that the common people of France could not afford. They were already extremely poor because of high taxes, yet King Louis XVI still proposed to raise them higher. Louis' offer was rejected and inspired the creation of the National Assembly and Tennis Court Oath. And eventually the fall of the monarchy and then Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen. When Napoleon became the leader of France he won many wars for France which strengthened French pride. Because of these intertwining events, France today has no monarchy, liberty, religious freedom and individual rights.