Chapter 8 Flashcards
Where did the sans-culottes meet?
Cordeliers Club in the Paris Sections
How many sections were there in the Paris Commune
48 sections known for their militancy
When was the first journee
20 June 1792
What was the outcome of the first journee?
8000 sans culottes
demanding Louis to withdraw his vetos and reinstate pro-war ministers
unsettling to the moderates (Lafayette demands action)
What was the responds of the Assembly to French reverses in the war?
Army of the North was retreating
“La patrie en danger” issued 11th July
Who argued for France to become a republic and when?
Robespierre had a speech in front of the Assembly on the 29th of July arguing France should become a republic. (Lost faith-Varennes, Veto’s, correspondence)
What arrived in Paris on the 1st of August 1792
The Brunswick Manifesto - commander of the enemy armies - no harm to the King
Effect of the Brunswick manifesto
Added to the argument that the monarchy should be abolished.
Why did the revolution become more radical ?
Threats from foreign nations (Brunswick Manifesto)
Political division (Paris/rural areas)
Fear of counter-revolution (royal family)
Sans culottes (pressure group)
Immediate events which led to the September massacres?
Enemy marched on Verdun - foreign threats
Levee launched by Danton - fear
Royalists risings in the Vendee - counter revolution
Marat (“put traitors to the sword”) - counter revolution
immediate effects of the second journee?
King was suspended and removed to the Temple prison
When was the “old” commune replaced AND with what?
after the second journee, until then dominated by Girondins, after dominated by sans-culottes
Who became Minister of Justice after the second journee?
Danton setting up an executive committee
What did the commitee decide upon?
- introduced special tribunals
- expelled refractory priests
When did Lafayette defect to the Austrians?
19.August 92’ replaced by Dumoriez