Internal and external war Flashcards
1
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Dumouriez defects to Austrians
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- April 1793
- Commander of Army of the North
- Girondin minister - Girondins labelled as traitors
1
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War of the First Coalition
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- March 1793
- Against Austria, Prussia, Great Britain
- French driven out of Austria Netherlands
- Attacks mounted on France - By Spanish
2
Q
The rising in the Vendee
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- March 1793
- Protesting against levy for 300,000 men
- Jan-March 1794 - 50,000 civilians massacred
- Convention sent 100,000 men to destroy the uprising
3
Q
Committee of General Security (CGS)
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- Established October 1792
- Responsible for policing and administering justice
- Reduced from 30 deputies to 12 at beginning of 1793
4
Q
Revolutionary tribunal
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- Established March 1793
- To try counter-revolutionaries
- 5 judges
- Jurymen from Paris
5
Q
Law decreed for rebels bearing arms
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- March 1793
- Rebels bearing arms could be executed without appeal within 24 hours
6
Q
Committee of Public Safety (CPS)
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- April 1793
- 9 men
- Responsible for conduct of war and application of revolutionary laws
7
Q
How did Robespierre use the sans-culottes power to his advantage
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- Used price controls on wheat and flour (May 1793)
- Discredited Girondin rivals who opposed such measures
8
Q
Fall of Girondins
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- June 1793
- 100,000 sans-culottes and National Guards
- Assembled around convention
- 29 Girondin members expelled
8
Q
Federalist Revolt
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- June 1793
- Triggered by expulsion of Girondins
- Opposed centralised control by Jacobins in Paris
- 60/83 departements protested against expulsions
- Crushed by use of watch committees - rooted out activists
8
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The Jacobin Constitution
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- June 1793
- All adult males had voting rights
- Every man had rights to express himself through political action
- Never put into action
