Question

Describe the storming of the Prison bastille in France answer in points

Answer 1

The Storming of the occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre 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 flashpoint of the French Revolution.

Answer 2

Answer:

On the morning of 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in the state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to move into the city. ... Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition .