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 The tricolor cockade, a ring-shaped insignia in the colors red, white, and blue, was one of the emblems of the French Revolution. People who didn't wear the symbol risked execution since they were thought to be traitors.[([[https://www.ducksters.com/history/french_revolution/symbols.php|ducksters]])]
+===== The Phrygian Cap =====
+The Phrygian cap, which resembles the hat worn by Smurfs, served as the revolution's emblem. When slaves were freed in ancient Rome, they received the hat.[([[https://www.hatterist.com/blog/blog-post-title-hat-history|hatterist]])]
+===== Fasces =====
+The fasces was one of the emblems of the French Revolution. The word fascist derives from a bundle of wooden rods called a fasces, which is wrapped around an ax. The fasces in ancient Rome symbolized the strength and solidarity of the populace.[([[https://www.worldhistory.org/Fasces/|worldhistory]])]
+===== Tennis Court Oath =====
+The Third Estate (the poor) of France gathered on a tennis court close to the castle on June 20, 1789, and took an oath not to leave unless the King promised to assist. They also established the National Assembly, a new parliament. Many nobility and clergymen participated.[([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-estate-makes-tennis-court-oath|history]])]
+===== Storming Of Bastille =====
+The storming of the Bastille was gory. The mob pulled Launay, the commander of the Bastille, through the streets even though there were only seven inmates there at the time. After being battered, Launay yelled, "Enough! Let me go!"" He was killed by a mob that also sawed off his skull and dismembered his corpse.[([[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Storming_of_the_Bastille|newworldencyclopedia]])]
+===== Loaf Of Bread Cost =====
+A loaf of bread was equivalent to one week's wages before the French Revolution. Many peasants just died of starvation.[([[https://www.toppr.com/guides/history/french-revolution/about-the-french-revolution/|toppr]])]
+===== Marquis de Sade In Bastille =====
+There were just seven inmates inside the Bastille when the irate crowd seized it. The Marquis de Sade, a French aristocrat renowned for his libertine sexuality and pornographic literature, was one of them.[([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-marquis-de-sade-180953980/|smithsonianmag]])]
+===== Freedom Of Worship =====
+Prior to the French Revolution, practicing Protestantism or Judaism was forbidden. After the revolution, people could practice whichever religion they wanted.[([[https://www.iwp.edu/articles/2018/01/12/the-dechristianization-of-france-during-the-french-revolution/|iwp]])]

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