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La Fête Nationale

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  • What do people watch in the evening?
    fireworks
  • What colours are the French flag?
    red, white and blue
  • What is the name of the French national anthem?
    la Marseillaise
  • What 3 words make up the Republican national motto?
    liberté, égalité, fraternité (freedom, equality, fraternity)
  • In which city in France does the main parade take place?
    Paris
  • What is a ‘défilé’?
    parade
  • What date is ‘la Fête Nationale’?
    14 July
  • What is the ‘feux d’artifice’?
    fireworks
  • What happened to the ‘Bastille’ after the storming?
    it was destroyed
  • What happened to the king afterwards?
    they chopped his head off
  • Which year did the ‘storming of the Bastille’ take place?
    1789
  • Why did the storming of the Bastille happen?
    the people were angry with the king, poor, starving
  • What was the ‘Bastille’?
    fortress and prison
  • Who was the king of France at the time?
    King Louis XVI
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