1793 (Military/Poltical Crisis)

Question 1

17 - 19 Jan; Trial of king found…

Answer 1

• 693 to 0 in favour of guilty

- 371 to 319 in favour of execution

Question 2

Jan 21

Answer 2

• Execution of King Louis XVI
• final words: “i die innocent of all the crimes with which i am charged. i forgive all those guilty of my death and i pray god that the blood you are about to shed may never be required of France’

Question 3

1st feb: Event? What happened? Which countries was france now fighting?

Answer 3

• War of First coalition
• France declared war on Great Britain and holland
• France was now fighting Austria, prussia, spain (March), holland and GB.

Question 4

24 Feb: Event?

Answer 4

ordered conscription of 300 000 men into revolutionary army

Question 5

10 March: Event? key organiser?

Answer 5

• setting up of revolutionary tribunal
• danton:
• says ‘let us embody terror, so as to prevent the people from doing so’

Question 6

Civil War in Vendee. Date? Why it happened?

Answer 6

• 11th march to august
• peasants in the vendee opposed the conscription as their farms etc would not be able to run in their absence while away at war

Question 7

6th April. Which body was set up and who was it set up by? what purpose did it serve?

Answer 7

• Committee of Public Safety
• elected by national convention
• was the major instrument of terror and and became virtual govt of France from July 1794 - 94

Question 8

31 may - 2nd June: Who was expelled from national convention and by who was this done?
How many were arrested?

Answer 8

• girondin deputies were expelled
• was done by sans-cuottes and national guard in conjunction with jacobins
• 29

Question 9

Key things set up during the time of terror

Answer 9

• representatives on mission
• surveillance committees
• decree of summary execution
• committee of public safety