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2.6- The Destruction Of The Girondins Flashcards

1
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How many jacobin or montagnard deputies were there within the convention?

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250

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2
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How many girondin members within the convention were there?

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180

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3
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How many members of the plain were there within the convention?

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300

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4
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Who were the leaders of the girondins?

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Brissot and Roland

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5
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Who were the leaders of the Jacobins?

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Robespierre, Danton, and Saint-Just

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6
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What were the similarities between the Girondins and Jacobins?

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-believe in the revolution
-republican (wanted to abolish the monarchy)
-anti-clerical
-wanted a more enlightened and humane France

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7
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What did the Girondins believe?

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-didn’t think the king should be executed
-committed to fighting the war to spread revolutionary values across Europe
-believed in free market economics
-believed in federalism

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8
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What is federalism?

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More power should be given to the provinces

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9
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What did the Jacobins believe?

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-wanted to execute the king
-committed to fighting the war to defend the revolution in France
-believe the government should exercise tight controls over prices and wages
-believed in strong central government control

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10
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Where were the Girondins supported?

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Most of the Paris press, the bourgeoisie, the cities outside Paris

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11
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Where were the Jacobins supported?

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The urban poor, the sans culottes and the fédérés

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12
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What fears did the girondins have?

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Thought Robespierre was trying to make himself dictator

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13
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What fears did the Jacobins have?

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Thought the girondins were trying to join forces with royalists and betray the revolution

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14
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When did the girondin government turn things around in the war?

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In the winter of 1792

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15
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What did the girondin government do to turn things around?

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Drove the prussians out of French soil and conquered the Austrian Netherlands

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16
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What did the girondins do when they became confident?

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Persuaded the convention to declare war against Britain, the Netherlands and Spain as well

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17
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When did the girondins persuade the convention to declare war on other countries?

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February 1793

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18
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What countries declared war on France shortly after the girondins declared war on more countries?

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Portugal and Naples

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19
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Why did Portugal and Naples declare war on France?

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They were worried by the threat the French Revolution seemed to pose to European peace

20
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How was the war going for France by March 1793?

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Badly

21
Q

What happened in March 1793?

A

Austrians reconquered the Austrian Netherlands

22
Q

Who was the general in charge of French forces in the Austrian Netherlands?

A

Dumouriez

23
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What did Dumouriez do?

A

He defected to the Austrians

24
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Who was arrested in March 1793 by the Girondins?

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Marat and Hebert, two leading jacobin supporters

25
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What were Marat and Hebert put on trial for?

A

For their anti girondin journalism, arguing that it was incitement to murder

26
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What happened to Marat and Hebert?

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They were acquitted

27
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What caused renowned discontent amongst the urban poor in Paris?

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High bread prices and the fall in the value of the assignant by 50%

28
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What did the convention impose to help the discontent among the urban poor?

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Maximum grain prices in May 1793

29
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What did the maximum grain prices lead to in the short term?

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Growth in the black market for bread, which caused prices to rise

30
Q

When did a peasant rebellion break out in the Vendée?

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March 1793

31
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Did the girondin government crush the peasant rebellion in the Vendée?

A

No

32
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Who rebelled against the convention at the end of May 1793?

A

Moderates in the city of Lyon

33
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What did the Jacobins claim about the moderates who were rebelling against the convention in Lyon?

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They were associated with the girondins

34
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When did Robespierre give a speech?

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26th May 1793

35
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What did Robespierre’s speech say?

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He invited ‘the people to place themselves in insurrection against the corrupt deputies’, meaning the girondins

36
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When was there a huge demonstration of sans culottes against the girondins?

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31st May 1793

37
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What happened on the 2nd June 1793?

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80,000 national guardsmen (mostly sans culottes) surrounded the convention and trained their cannon at it

38
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What demands did the 80,000 National guardsmen want?

A

The convention to give up the leading girondins and impose a maximum price on all essential goods

39
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How many girondin deputies and ministers were arrested?

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29 deputies and 2 ministers

40
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What happened to the remaining girondins after the national guards threat?

A

They were expelled from the convention

41
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What happened following the fall of the girondins?

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There were rebellions in a number of provincial cities, including Caen, Toulon, and Marseille called the Federal Revolt

42
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Who was the Federal Revolt led by?

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Moderates who didn’t want to be governed by the jacobins

43
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What happened to Marat?

A

Charlotte Corday assassinated him in his bathtub, citing the fall of the girondins as motivation

44
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When did Corday assassinate Marat?

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13th July 1793

45
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What happened in October 1793?

A

The girondins were found guilty of treason by the revolutionary tribunal and guillotined

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