As you know when the rebels tried storming the Bastille the troops opened fire with cannon and musket fire and broke them apart. Apparently the rebels never heard about the fact that the fort was reinforced by 100 regular soldiers, 48 Swiss grenediers and 4 cannon. The Bastille held a great deal of gunpowder and was a symbol of the monarchy. Would the fortress have been held without the reinforcements? Could the Revolution succeeded ? It did scare the king enough that he granted some more power to the nobility for some tax money . How differently would it evolved from now where the National Constitute Assembly having almost as much power as Estates General?