Original sentence: However, it did immediately inspire preparations amongst the peasants for the very real threat of retaliation.The storming of the Bastille was more important as a rallying point and symbolic act of rebellion than a practical act of defiance.There were only 7 inmates housed at the time of the siege
Edited sentence: Many historians believe that the storming of the Bastille was more important as a rallying point and symbolic act of rebellion than any practical act of defiance.Marquis de Sade is believed to have triggered the assault by shouting that people were being executed inside, though he was not among the prisoners liberated because he was transferred to an insane asylum before the siege.Some find significance in the fact that there were only 7 inmates housed at the time of the siege