Chapter 8: The Sans-Culottes and the collapse of the constitutional experiment Flashcards
What happened during the Journee on 20th of June 1792?
- Sans-culottes and NG marched to Tuileries.
- Louis put on Bonne Rouge and toasted to nation.
- But didn’t withdraw any vetos.
Why did the journee on 20th of June 1792 happen?
Sans-culottes wanted Louis to withdraw his vetos.
What did Robespierre talk about in his July speech as a result of the 20th June journee?
- How France should become a republic.
- Active and passive citizens should be able to vote for Nation Convection.
What was the Brunswick Manifesto?
Manifesto issued to French people by Duke of Brunswick stating:
- Paris would suffer if King suffered.
- NG would be killed if captured.
What happened in the journee on 10th of August 1792?
- Sans-culottes, federes and NG marched to Tuileries.
- King hid in assembly building.
- Sans-culottes entered grounds and killed almost all the gentlemen-of-arms and Swiss guards.
What were the outcomes of the journee on 10th of August 1792?
- Paris commune removed royal family to prison.
- Assembly made it look like a temporary suspension.
- Decree ended distinction between active and passive citizens.
- New elected convection promised.
- All laws suspended by king now enforced.
- Refractory priests given 2 weeks to leave or be deported.
- Courts for traitors set up.
Who was made the minister of justice?
Danton.
What happened to Lafayette?
When he didn’t have enough support for a constitution, he deflected to the Austrians.
What caused the September Massacres?
- Duke of Brunswick (Prussia) was on his way to attack Paris.
- Marat’s provoking newspaper.
- House searches mean’t many counter rev’s were arrested and sent to prison.
- What if they escape while the French men are at war and kill their families?
When did the September Massacres start?
2nd September 1792.
What happened during the September Massacres?
- Raided prisons.
- Fake trials to humiliate prisoners.
- Thousands executed.
- Not just counter rev’s but women and children too.
- Antoinette’s lady in waiting raped, beheaded and put in front of Antoinette’s window (she didn’t see it tho).
What were the outcomes of the September Massacres?
- Bigger wedge between Girondins and Jacobins.
- LA’s power decreased.
- Radicals (eg/Danton and Robespierre) power increased.
- Foreigners feared and hated rev.
Montagnards.
- Radical Jacobins in the NC.
- Sat on high, left seats.
Plain.
The not radical, not moderate members of the NC.
Who were elected into the NC in Paris?
Robespierre, Marat, Danton, Desmoulins.
