JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://getbootstrap.com/dist/css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="http://getbootstrap.com/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class='container'>
<div class='page-header'>
<h4>My Heading</h4>
</div>
<div id='content'>
This is some content.
</div>
<div class='footer'>
<p>© 2013, me</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class='modal fade' id='mymodal' tabindex='-1' role='dialog' aria-labelledby='myModalLabel' aria-hidden='true'>
<div class='modal-dialog'>
<div class='modal-content'>
<div class='modal-header'>
<h4 class='modal-title'>My Modal</h4>
</div>
<div class='modal-body'>
<p>My Message</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$("#mymodal").modal();