Internal Struggles

Question 1

Vendee opposition to the Clerical Oath

Answer 1

90% of its priests refused

Question 2

Vendee Uprising date

Answer 2

March 1793

Question 3

Causes of the uprising (4)

Answer 3

1) Religious - CCC and Clerical Oath
2) Royalist - Execution of the King
3) Ideology - Disapproved of the excessive radicalism that was happening in Paris
4) War - Levee en Masse targeted areas that had sent the least troops, and were thus the most anti-war

Question 4

Federalist Revolt

Answer 4

June 1793

Question 5

Hunt - Impact of war on the Vendee

Answer 5

armed struggle within France was triggered only by the demands of the European war

Question 6

How many people died in the Vendee
How many soldiers were sent there

Answer 6

170,000
30,000

Question 7

Causes of the Federalist Revolts

Answer 7

1) Economic - British Naval Blockades and the needs of the war had a large impact on the port cities
2) Ideology - Disagreed with the radicalism of Paris
3) Political - Expulsion of the Girondins

Question 8

Stats of the Federalist Revolts

Answer 8

From October 1793, an average of 26 people were killed in Lyons. Within three days in December, 360 were killed

Question 9

Challenges of the Federalist Revolts

Answer 9

1) Drew military presence away from the front and Paris
2) Toulon defected to the British