The Bastille

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