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True or false: the bastille was home of the french royalty prior to the revolution. give good explanation for all the points!

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Hi,

False, before the revolution, the "bastille" wasn't the home of the royalty (it was the castle of "Versailles").
The "bastille" was a jail and an arsenal, indeed the attack of 1789 was for the gun powder inside the "bastille".
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