USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 14, 1789, the revolutionary mob that stormed the Bastille prison used firearms and cannon that they had looted from the Hôtel des Invalides earlier that day. In the 19th century, the floor of the Dome Church was removed and the crypt converted into the tomb of Napoleon I.

Detailed explanation-2: -On July 14, 1789, fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France’s newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille, an old fortress that had been used since 1659 as a state prison.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents stormed and seized control of the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille.

Detailed explanation-4: -Who stormed the Bastille? The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille were mostly craftsmen and store owners who lived in Paris. They were members of a French social class called the Third Estate. There were around 1000 men who participated in the attack.

Detailed explanation-5: -The burning of the Gaspee was the first act of violence in the Revolutionary War. The event occurred off Namquid Point (renamed Gaspee Point) on June 9, 1712.