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