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The rich were literally on the riding backs of the poor, oppressing them and making them serve the rich.
Conquered people often times became prisoners or servants to the elite of the land they now belonged to.
The Storming of the Bastille<span> (</span>French<span>: </span>Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]<span>) occurred in </span>Paris<span>, </span>France<span>, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval </span>fortress<span>, </span>armory<span>, and </span>political prison<span> in Paris known as the </span>Bastille<span> represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power; its fall was the </span>flashpoint<span> of the </span>French Revolution<span>.</span>
The answer is A, the Democrats wanted to keep things balanced hence the reason why there are 2 senators