Question

give a reason why Bastille was hated by all. Why did a group of several hundreds people storm the fortress prison Bastille

Answer 1

Answer:

The fortress prison Bastille, Paris, stood for the despotic power of the monarch. It described his autocratic and absolute rule. People believed that it had huge hoards of ammunition. Even Bastille had some revolutionaries as prisoners. So on 14th July, 1789, people stormed the Bastille.

Answer 2

Bastille was hated by all as it stood for the despotic power of the king.

On 14th July 1789 the king had ordered troops to move into the citiy.
A group of several hundered people marched toward the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress prison of Bastille where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition.
In the armed fight that followed the commander of Bastille was killed and prisoners released, though there were only 7 of them.
Yet the Bastille was hated by all for it stood for the despotic power of the king.
The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the market for those who wished to keep a souvenir of it’s destruction.