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