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