<P> On the morning of 14 July 1789 , the city of Paris was in a state of alarm . The partisans of the Third Estate in France , now under the control of the Bourgeois Militia of Paris ( soon to become Revolutionary France 's National Guard ) , had earlier stormed the Hôtel des Invalides without meeting significant opposition . Their intention had been to gather the weapons held there ( 29,000 to 32,000 muskets , but without powder or shot ) . The commandant at the Invalides had in the previous few days taken the precaution of transferring 250 barrels of gunpowder to the Bastille for safer storage . </P>
<P> On the morning of 14 July 1789 , the city of Paris was in a state of alarm . The partisans of the Third Estate in France , now under the control of the Bourgeois Militia of Paris ( soon to become Revolutionary France 's National Guard ) , had earlier stormed the Hôtel des Invalides without meeting significant opposition . Their intention had been to gather the weapons held there ( 29,000 to 32,000 muskets , but without powder or shot ) . The commandant at the Invalides had in the previous few days taken the precaution of transferring 250 barrels of gunpowder to the Bastille for safer storage . </P>
when was the city of paris in a state of alarm
when was the city of paris in a state of alarm
morning of 14 July 1789
morning of 14 July 1789