storming of the bastille was a very important symbolic act. comment
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The Bastille fort was seen as a symbol of the much feared Louis dictatorship for many people in France. Parisians, frustrated, unemployed and starving saw it as a venue for exchanging their grievances. The Bastille Commander, Marquis de Launay, and his soldiers resisted for several hours prior to their surrender to the mob.
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- The people (a furious mob) who took part in the French revolution marched to The Bastille on 14 July 1789, a mediaeval château in eastern Paris which held mainly political prisoners,
- Historically, the Bastille Fort was used by French officials to detain citizens who were not officially agreed, rendering Bastille a symbol of the empire's oppressiveness. This was the advent of the French Revolution and the probable breakdown of the French empire.
- The rebel Parisians first entered the Bastille, not to free any prisoners but to procure explosives and weapons. Roughly 30,000 pounds of gunpowder is carried by the Bastille. However, it also symbolised the monarchy's despotism.
- In order to make for a successful attack the Parisian rebels were armed. The monarchy did not know, at the moment, what the capture signified and that this incident was more symbolic than it had at the moment was revolutionary. It also speaks partially of its misunderstanding of the precariousness of French domestic politics.
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