The people of France were desperate. Bread, the base of the French diet, had become incredibly expensive due to harvest failures. The people of France were convinced that King Louis would take back his country by force, so they began gathering guns and ammunition. All the artillary was stored at the Bastille.
The Bastille was a fortress used as both a prison and a storehouse. The mob ordered the Govenor of the Bastille to give them the weapons. he refused. The mob surrounding the fortress grew and grew until the Govenor became worried and ordered his solidiers to shoot. They killed almost 100 people. Enraged, the mob storned the fortress and released its inhabitants. The Govenor tried to surrender but his surrender was denied and he was executed. All guards in the Bastille were killed. The artillary was distributed among the crowd.
This was a huge landmark in the revolution. The people had shown that they would fight to get what they wanted.
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