Vocabulary Words
Finance Minister
The government official in charge of a country's money
On what date did one of the strongest leaders of the new assembly speak out angrily?
July 8
What was the Bastille?
An old fortress from the 1300s
A poor harvest in what year had caused a shortage of grain?
1788
Province
Who is the king's finance minister?
Jacques Necker
It was rumored that the Bastille did what?
Had chained men in secret dungeons
A period of confusion and panic known as the __________ swept the countryside.
The Great Fear
Archive
A place where public records or historical documents are kept
How many Parisians were out of work?
150,000
Who was the governor of the Bastille?
Bernard de Luanay
Who were in the pay of the nobility that were burning crops and murdering peasants?
British and Spanish troops
Title Deed
A document stating a person's legal ownership
When did the king fire his finance minister?
July 12
How many barrels of gunpowder had been moved to the Bastille for safekeeping?
250
In Versailles, the ______________ was in session working on reforms and a constitution.
National Assembly
Yoke
A harness used to restrain work animals; something that takes away people's freedom
Sequence of events caused people to storm the Bastille and why did the unrest spread?
The king firing his finance minister
The king tried to disband the National Assembly
Rumors flying around
What was the true beginning of the revolution?
The fall of the Bastille
Who did not help because they sympathized with the rioters?
The Militia