KnowraStorming of the BastilleLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Storming of the Bastille, each with the reason it gives.All 15Broader topic 5Related 10Estates-General of 1789Related: Popular action in Paris reinforced the assembly’s challenge to royal power.Great FearRelated: The news of Parisian revolt helped unsettle rural communities already fearing conspiracy.Estates-GeneralRelated: The Paris uprising intensified the revolutionary crisis unfolding after the assembly’s opening.Camille DesmoulinsRelated: Desmoulins’s speech at the Palais-Royal helped spur the crowd mobilization before the attack.Jacques NeckerRelated: News of Necker’s dismissal helped spark the Paris uprising that culminated in the Bastille’s capture.Tennis Court OathRelated: Popular revolt followed the political challenge embodied by the oath.Pierre-Augustin HulinRelated: Hulin helped lead the forces that captured the fortress.Stanislas-Marie MaillardRelated: The Bastille's fall preceded the march and helped establish the crowd as a force in revolutionary politics.Bernard-René Jourdan de LaunayRelated: De Launay commanded the fortress during the assault and its surrender.Honoré Gabriel RiquetiRelated: Mirabeau urged the king to respond to the Paris uprising with political concessions rather than force.