chapter 12 section 3 Flashcards
The first meeting of the national convention was held on
September 1792
Delegates to the national convention were elected by
universal manhood sufferage
universal manhood suffrage means
all men right to vote
Girdondins feared _____
Paris would dominate france
Jacobins were extreme _____
radicals
Jacobins were led by
Maximillian Robespierre
The national convention brought ________ to trial and charged him with ________
Louis XVI
treason
Louis XVI was found ____
guilty
On what date was Louis XVI executed by the guillotine
January 21, 1793
Committee of Public Safety were directed to _____
crush opposition
Committee of Public Safety’s revolutionary tribunal was a
special court to try enemies.
During the Reign of Terror, Robiespierre said “ Annihilate ________
enemies of the Republic
Enemies were sent to the ________ for execution
guillotine
July 1794 Robiespierre was ______ by the guillotine
executed
Robiespierre death ended the
reign of terror
the directory was formed on
November 1795
there were ____ executive directors
5
directors were ________ and could not get along with each other
weak
The napoleonic wars were between
1796- 1815
Napoleon proposed a plan to attack ______ in _______
british
egypt
the directory feared that _________ would seize power
napoleon
in egypt, napoleon was first successful on ______
land
British defeated French Fleet where
Alexandria
supporters of Napoleon
restored order in Paris
