Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba aka cinye Paris da tarzoma da fashi da yawa. Saboda shugabancin masarautar ya yi watsi da garin, ba da daɗewa ba taron jama'a suka sami goyon bayan Faransawa masu tsaron Faransa, gami da makamai da sojoji da aka horar. A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1789, 'yan tawaye sun sa idanunsu a kan manyan makamai da bindigogi a cikin sansanin soja na Bastille, wanda kuma ya zama alama ce ta mulkin mallaka na sarauta. 'Yan tawaye sun kwace kurkukun Bastille
, kashe gwamnan da kuma da dama daga cikin masu gadi. Faransanci yanzu suna bikin 14 ga Yuli a kowace shekara a matsayin 'Bastille rana' ko, kamar yadda Faransanci ke cewa: "Quatorze Juillet (Ranar 14 ga Yuli)", a matsayin alama ce ta sauyawa daga Ancien Régime zuwa wata ƙasa ta zamani, ta dimokiradiyya.