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__Storming of the Bastille 1789__ During the French Revolution, many forms of political protest were present, and revolts were very common. One of the most well known revolts was the storming of the Bastille in 1789. The Bastille is located in Paris and was used as a prison with walls ten feet thick, and eight towers each one hundred feet high. There was a rumor that the king’s army was going to invade Paris and the people began to take arms. On July 14th, several hundred people of Paris in panic marched for the Bastille in search for weapons and gunpowder. The one hundred citizens killed almost all of the guards and hacked the governor of the Bastille to pieces. The popular uprising had broken the power monopoly of the royal army and thereby saved the National Assembly.