3rd phase of the Terror

Question 1

When was the 3rd phase?

Answer 1

Sept - Dec 1793

Question 2

War during this period?

Answer 2

generll successful
9th sept- britain forced to withdraw from Dunkirk
17th oct- defeat of Austrian troops at Wattignies
19th Dec- Toulon recaptured

Question 3

what happened on 9th sept?

effect?

Answer 3

Armee revs (ie s-c) sent out to the provinces to confront counter revolutionary forces and ensure movement of food supplies
56 other armies set up in provinces

Question 4

Were armee revs succesfful?

Answer 4

Very successful in taking bread for Paris

BUT met with lots of rural hostility

Question 5

17 September law?

Answer 5

Law of Suspects- very vague; anyone could be arrested’

All nobles and relatives of emigres/officials were removed from office

Question 6

29 September?

Answer 6

general max- maximum on prices of basic goods eg meat and butter fixed at 1791 level + 1/3
If someone broke this they would be deemed a suspect
BUT also included a max for salaries, wages and manual labour (unincentivised peasants)

Question 7

Response to General Max?

Answer 7

S-C annoyed about the maximum for wages

Question 8

Oct 1793 events?

Answer 8

Creation of a revolutionary government (decreed it would be revolutionary until peace; laws must be executed quickly; and revolutionary armies shall ‘repress counterrevolutionaries’)
Show trials

Question 9

Who was tried at show trials?

Answer 9

Marie Antoinette (14-16 Oct)
21 girondin leaders- all killed on 31 Oct
Duc d’Orleans killed on 6 Nov

Question 10

What was going on with provincial riots?

Answer 10

1900 guiloteened in Lyon; a monument there said 'Lyon is no more'  (Collot D'Herbois sent there under R's instruction)
Mainly this happened during Jan-May 1794
2000 shot without trial near Angers 
8700 condemned by courts in Vende
1800 put on sunk barges in Nantee

Question 11

What was dechristiastianisation?

Answer 11

Campaign to close all churches by 1794 spring; destroying religious signs and royal statues
NEVER A POLICY OF GOVERNMENT; JUST CARRIED OUT BY PEOPLE

Question 12

Initial laws of dechristianisation?

Answer 12

May 93- Paris Commune stopped paying clerical salaries

Nov- PC ordered closure of all Parisian churches

Question 13

Notre dam relevance?

Answer 13

Became the Temple of Reason

Question 14

When was Festival of Reason/ Supreme being

Answer 14

R- Nov 1793

SB- June 1794

Question 15

Effect of dechristianisation?

Answer 15

6k-20k priests quit

New calendar- 10 day week dating from 22 Sept 1792 (when the republic was proclaimed)