Question

A major event in the french revolution hapenned on july 14, 1789, when a mob stormed the bastille, a notorious prison in paris. How can historians today use primary sources to determine that this date is accurate?: A) Read french letters from the 1700s and search for references to the event's date. B) Ask french citizens who directly experienced the event to confirm the date. C) Examine a European history book popular in modern-day France. D)Check websites that can be edited by the public to determine a popular consensus

Answer 1

A) - read french letters from the 1700s and search for references to the even't date. 

Primary sources are always sources that involve the actual people who lived at the time and could have contributted it self to it. For that reason, letters written by people at the time are primary sources.