Why is Bastille significant to the french revolution?

Answer 1

As a specific event, the storming of the Bastille is only a raid on a supposed arms and weapons depot, by a mixed mob of Parisians and National Guards. On a symbolic level, the seven prisoners it hosted were set free and the Bastille was turned into a symbol of royal abuse of justice (even though no prisoner was detained there for political reasons, the simple signature of the king was enough to justify the emprisonments). That event is also for the French historians, the official beginning of the French Revolution.

Answer 2

the fall of the Bastille marks the beginning of the French revolution, and the first day of the uprising of the people of Paris. The Bastille was a symbol of arbitrary imprisonment in France. The first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille drew several thousands of Parisians on the "Champ de Mars" for a celebration.

Answer 3

There was no turning back. The Storming of the Bastille represented a grass roots movement that was unsupervised and uncontrolled.

Answer 4

The storming of the Bastille was the event that sparked the French Revolution. The Lexington and Concord of France, if you will.