WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The storming of the Bastille symbolically marked the beginning of the French Revolution, in which the monarchy was overthrown and a republic set up based on the ideas of ‘Liberté, égalité, fraternité’ (the French for liberty, equality and brotherhood).

Detailed explanation-2: -A popular insurgency culminated on July 14 when rioters stormed the Bastille fortress in an attempt to secure gunpowder and weapons; many consider this event, now commemorated in France as a national holiday, as the start of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why did they storm the Bastille? Rising bread prices, the concentration of foreign soldiers around Paris, and counter-revolutionary measures by the king, such as the dismissal of Jacques Necker, caused the people of Paris to riot. Searching for weapons and gunpowder led the mob to the Bastille.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Storming of the Bastille set off a series of events that led to the overthrow of King Louis XVI and the French Revolution. The success of the revolutionaries gave commoners throughout France the courage to rise up and fight against the nobles who had ruled them for so long.

Detailed explanation-5: -King Loise XVI was condemned to death on January 21, 1793, and executed for treason. His wife, Marie Antoinette would follow him nine months later. The execution of the king marked the beginning of the most violent and turbulent phase of the French Revolution – the Reign of Terror.