Storming of the Bastille Flashcards
When was the storming of the Bastille?
-14 July 1789
What happened on the 12th and 13th July 1789 in the buildup to the storming of the Bastille?
-Parisian electors took over the hotel de ville and established the Paris Commune and the National Guard
How did the Parisians arm themselves?
- 8000 Parisians stormed the les invalides where 32,000 muskets and some artillery were found (useless without gunpowder) so they stormed the Bastille.
Why did the Parisians storm the Bastille?
-It was a symbol of repression - 7 prisoners by the lettre de cachet
-It housed gunpowder stores
How many people were killed in the storming of the Bastille?
-93 people killed
-70 Parisians killed
-marquis de lunay was killed and his head was paraded on a pike
-Mayor of Paris. Flesselles was also killed and was replaced by Bailly
What was the significance of the storming of the Bastille?
-King ordered the disperse of mercenaries and accepted the Paris Commune and the National Guard: led to deputies cheering “viva le roi” and praised Louis as the saviour
-July 17 met with and accepted Bailly- PC and Lafayette -NG
-Meant unrest spread to the provinces clear in the Great Fear as they thought change was imminent
