What nickname was given to volunteer workdays preparing the Champ de Mars?
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Wheelbarrow Days
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What nickname was given to volunteer workdays preparing the Champ de Mars?
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Wheelbarrow Days
Who proposed the 1880 law adopting 14 July as an annual national festival?
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Benjamin Raspail
Which French republic wanted to revive the 14 July festival in 1880?
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Third Republic
Which regiment reinforced the Bastille attackers after 3 pm?
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Gardes Françaises
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Which bishop celebrated mass at the Fête de la Fédération?
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Talleyrand
Who proposed the 1880 law adopting 14 July as an annual national festival?
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Benjamin Raspail
Which French republic wanted to revive the 14 July festival in 1880?
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Third Republic
Which regiment reinforced the Bastille attackers after 3 pm?
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Gardes Françaises
Which Paris complex was stormed for muskets before the Bastille on 14 July 1789?
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Hôtel des Invalides
What royal warrant made the Bastille a symbol of arbitrary imprisonment?
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lettre de cachet
Which estate reconstituted itself as the National Assembly on 17 June 1789?
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Third Estate
Which finance minister's dismissal on 11 July 1789 fueled Paris unrest?
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Jacques Necker
What Tahitian festival evolved from one-day Bastille Day competitions?
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Heiva i Tahiti
Which former French colony in India celebrates Bastille Day with festivity?
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Pondicherry
At which Paris square does the main Bastille Day parade route end?
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Place de la Concorde