The Bastille

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Across
  1. 2. King Louis the _____ was the king during the attack on the Bastille
  2. 6. How many towers did the Bastille have?
  3. 7. Acted as a body that would represent the needs of the French people.
  4. 8. The Bastille was ____ and a half stories tall.
  5. 10. Only 1 defender died but how many attackers died?
  6. 13. Letters with royal a symbol sent too often posed as a dark symbol for royal despotism.
  7. 16. The Bastille was originally built for defense against Anglo-Burgundian forces during what war?
  8. 18. These were the oozing, vermin-infested subterranean cells(*state how to pronounce and the spelling will be revealed.)
  9. 19. Out of the 7 prisoners, 2 of them were this.
  10. 20. An alarm/bell
Down
  1. 1. How many pounds of gunpowder did the Bastille at the time of the storming hold? (hint about 13608 KG.)
  2. 3. During the attack on the Bastille some of the officers and the governor were captured. The prisoners barely ______ them.
  3. 4. Chastel Saint-Antoine is the original name. What was the most recent name?
  4. 5. What day of the month did the storming of the Bastille take place in July?
  5. 9. ________ of the Bastille The event that is said to have been the start of the French Revolution.
  6. 11. About how many months after the storm was it made a national holiday?
  7. 12. The name of the finance minister the king removed from the assembly. His name is Jacques ________.
  8. 14. _________ Richelieu (under King Louis XIII) converted the royal fortress into a state prison… The blank is the leadership title.
  9. 15. After 1580 only one drawbridge was the entrance but before there was _____.
  10. 17. Construction began between _____70 and 1383.