15. Emergence of government by terror

Question 1

What were the two periods of Terror?

Answer 1

• attack of Tuileries 10th August 1792, September massacres and ended with Battle of Vamly
• Girondins were arrested and ended with execution fo Robespierre

Question 2

Which groups all shared the hatred towards the Girondins?

Answer 2

Montagnards, sans-culottes and plain

Question 3

What measures did convention pass to deal with problems in 1793? (3)

Answer 3

punish suspects
make government more effective
make some economic demands of the sans-culottes

Question 4

When was the revolutionary tribunal set up?

Answer 4

10th March 1793

Question 5

What were the representative-on-mission?

Answer 5

jacobin deputies from convention to reassert authority

Question 6

What was the committee de surveillance?

Answer 6

watch committees to enforce law and order

Question 7

What was the task of the committee of general secruity?

Answer 7

rooting out anti-republican opposition

Question 8

When was the committee of public safety set up?

Answer 8

April 1793

Question 9

What was the purpose of committee of public safety?

Answer 9

supervise and speed up activities of ministers

Question 10

When was the maximum of grain fixed?

Answer 10

4th May 1793