How Did The Storming Of Bastille Cause The French Revolution

The Moderate State of the French Revolution, which took place from 1789 to 1791, had an accumulation of different contentions. We see a clash between the Nobility and the Third Estate, because of a reform. This led to the formation of the National Assembly because the Estates began to clash with each other. We then see the storming of Bastille because of the reform of the National Assembly.
During the Modest State of the French Revolution, we begin to see the formation of the National Assembly, which was formerly known as the Third Estate. The assembly was made up of deputies who were of the clergy, and parish priests who were sympathetic to the reform (Perry 461). Many of the deputies were of the Second Estate, and are conservative

The first reason was due in part that the Estates General aroused hope for reform. The second was the cost of bread had soared causing Parisian’s to spend fifty to eighty percent of their income. We then see a third reason, largely in part to a plot to crush the National Assembly. Parisian’s took up arms in fear the royal troops would pillage the city, and gathered in front of Bastille, a fortress used as a prison. The storming of Bastille was mainly for the purpose of gunpowder, and to eliminate some of the canons from firing upon the city. This led to a Bernard Jordan de Launay, ordering his men to fire upon the crowd, killing many of the Parisian’s who attempted to attack Bastille. The Parisian’s were able to turn the tables and fire upon Bastille, which let to de Launay to surrender. The Parisian’s would later kill him and several of his men. After the storming of Bastille, the Parisian’s feared of an aristocratic conspiracy, and hopes for

This still didn’t resolve much, and bread was still soaring in price, and beggars wandered the roads creating terror and fear. This fear led to Parisian’s fearing the peasant beggars would take control of their crops when they were ready for harvest. A great expectation was unleashed by the summoning of the Estates General, and peasants hoped their grievances would be remedied. This was not the case and peasants began to attack food convoys, refusing to pay higher taxes. The Parisian peasants started an up rise, and burned manor houses, leading to peasants to take up arms. Peasants would later hear of an uprising of brigades, which were going to be used to attack then, creating a great fear. The attack never came to fruition, but let to more peasants taking up