Bastille Day is French "Independence Day" and in America it is called "Fourth of July". The thing that you need to know is in France it is not called Bastille Day, only Americans call it that way because it would be calling the Fourth of July "Declaration Day". 14 in French is quartorze, July in French is Juillet. The Americans celebrate this day for being American and French celebrate for being French. The reason 4th of July is France's Holiday is because Bastille stands for French revolution. The reason the French revolution started was because France had been ruled by the Catholic church and French Monarchs. The reason the revolution started was because the church was only taking taxes from the poor and not the rich which made the French people extremely angry but, for America things started very differently. The Declaration of Independence was held in Philadelphia Independence Square. There were congress and people celebrating with bonfires, fireworks, and bells. The Declaration of Independence was initiated by Thomas Jefferson if I'm not mistaken and bunch of other men too.
To be exact here is a list of every one who signed: EVERYTHING IS FROM MY KNOWLEDGE FROM HISTORY CLASS. THE REST FROM MY HISTORY BOOK.
George Read
Thomas McKean
George Clymer
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Morris
John Morton
Benjamin Rush
George Ross
James Smith
James Wilson
George Taylor
John Adams
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple
Matthew Thornton
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
Lewis Morris
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
William Floyd
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Jefferson
George Wythe
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
William Hooper
John Penn
Joseph Hewes
Edward Rutledge
Arthur Middleton
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
Abraham Clark
John Hart
Francis Hopkinson
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Samuel Huntington
Roger Sherman
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott
Charles Carroll
Samuel Chase
Thomas Stone
William Paca