French Rev AOS1 Lesson 15

The Storming of the Bastille (14 July 1789) is included in which of Lefebvre's 4 stages of Revolution?

• Aristocratic Revolt

• Bourgeoisie Revolt

• Urban Revolt

• Rural Revolt

Identify which statements are true for the Bastille Prison in 1789 (select all correct answers).

• It was a well garrisoned military fortress.

• It was a prison for mostly low level criminals.

• It was negative for one's reputation to be locked up there.

• It was were people would be sent via the King's arbitrary arrests (lettres de cachet).

• It was a symbol of despotism/tyranny.

Identify trigger causes of the Storming of the Bastille (14 July 1789) (select all correct answers).

• Sacking of Necker

• King Louis XVI surrounding Paris with 20,000 foreign troops

• Assembly of Notables

• Estates General

• American War of Independence.

A Journee is a...

• Day of nothing

• Day of inaction

• Day of action (by popular movements)

• Day of sport

• Day of celebration

This Storming of the Bastille was significant because... (select all correct answers).

• King's troops joined with the popular movement

• Violence was used to protect political gains (National Assembly)

• The Bastille represented the ancien regime's abuses

• The King and Queen were killed

• Leaders like Camille Desmoulins led the crowd