The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

Lenin had no part in bringing about the February Revolution. He believed that revolution should be organised, not developed from unorganised protest.

The Bastille had just seven prisoners inside, none political. The crowd really ... Students could be asked to note the causes of the French Revolution and the aims of its proponents.