18. Overthrow of Robespierre Flashcards
Where did Robespierre lose support in 1794?
catholics
sans-culottes
CPS and CGS
What was the cult of supreme being? - When and who accepted it?
Robespierre’s alternative religion to the Catholics faith
- Convention accepted in May 1794
3 main reasons sans-culottes lost support?
end of direct democracy
Maximum on wages
execution of the Hebertists
Who was made in charge of the CPS’s police bureau?
Who did this anger?
Robespierre
CGS
What was Saint-Justs ‘Law of Ventose’?
property of those recognised as enemies of the revolution distributed among the poor
What was Robespierre’s speech about?
attacking his colleagues who he claimed were plotting against the government
Why did Robespierre’s colleague’s plot against him?
they feared he would denounce them as traitors
When was Robespierre arrested?
9 Thermidor
What did Robespierre call for when released from prison?
Who also called for them?
National Guard
Convention
When was Robespierre executed?
July 1794
What did the Coup of Thermidor bring about?
end to the most dramatic part of the revolution
What was the Coup of Thermidor?
overthrow of Robespierre and marked the end of the terror
