Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The confrontation that led to the people of Paris storming the Bastille on 14 July 1789 , following several days of disturbances , resulted from the fact that gunpowder and arms had been stored there , and the people ( whose fears had been raised by a number of rumors ) demanded access to these .
Simplified: The people of Paris attacked the Bastille on 14 July 1789 , following several days of protests .