Question

write about the storming of Bastille 14 July 1789.

Answer 1

Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. ... By the summer of 1789, France was moving quickly toward revolution. The revolutionaries freed their comrades and killed the guards... Ammunition was also stolen from the fort. It was the beginning of the French Revolution..

Answer 2

• A severe winter had meant a bad harvest : the price of bread rose , often bakers exploited the situation & hoarded the supplies .
• After spending long hours in queues at the bakery , crowd of angry women stormed in the bakery .
• The king sent troops more into Paris . On 14tg July , the crowd stormed & destroyed the Bastille .