2.7- The Threats Flashcards
What did Robespierre become concerned about during 1793?
The sans culottes as a potential threat to his own government
Why were the sans culottes a threat?
They seemed to be becoming more radical
What happened by August 1793?
The assistant had fallen to below a third of its face value and drought had reduced the grain supply in Paris by three quarters
What group emerged with support from the sans culottes?
The enrages
Who were the enrages led by?
Jacques Hebert
What did the enrages demand?
A low fixed price for bread, the complete abolition of Christianity, and the limitation of the franchise to sans culottes alone
Who did Robespierre have arrested?
Hebert and eighteen of his supporters
When did Robespierre have Hebert and supporters arrested?
March 1794
What did Robespierre do to Hebert and his supporters?
Convicted them of being foreign agents plotting to restore the monarchy and guillotined
Why did the sans culottes not rise up to support Hebert?
They were taken in by the government‘s propaganda
What did Robespierre do immediately after Hebert was guillotined?
Disbanded the sans culottes dominated armée révolutionnaire of Paris, purged the commune and filled it with his supporters, and recalled the representatives on mission (many aligned with the sans culottes)
Why did the plain support the jacobins?
They wanted a decisive government which could win the war and out of fear of the sans culottes
Why did the plain believe the jacobins were no longer necessary from 1794?
France was winning the war
What did Danton do?
Resigned from the committee of public safety and formed a group called the indulgents
What did the indulgents want?
An end to the terror and the war that had produced it
