Briefly explain the events that led to the storming of Bastille prison.
1. The king had commanded troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that
he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens.
2. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and decided to
form a peoples’ militia. They broke into a number of government buildings in
search of arms.
3. 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 weapons.
4. In the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed and
the prisoners released –though there were only seven of them.
5. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the market.
The Bastille was hated by all, because it stood for the despotic power of the
king.
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The events which led to the storming of Bastille prison were as:
Food shortages and the heavy weight of taxes.
Political turmoil caused by the opening of the Estates General.
Concentration of troops around Paris by Louis XVI.
Looting of fire arms and canons at Hôtel des Invalides which helped them to storm this prison.
Food shortages and the heavy weight of taxes.
Political turmoil caused by the opening of the Estates General.
Concentration of troops around Paris by Louis XVI.
Looting of fire arms and canons at Hôtel des Invalides which helped them to storm this prison.