Legislative Assembly and the Fourth Crisis Flashcards
The new Legislative Assembly had … deputies
745 deputies
Decree orderin all emigres to return to France passed…
9 November 1791
Madame Roland on France going to war:
“[War] would be a great school of public virtue. Peace will set us back…We can be regenerated by blood alone”
Lafayette wanted war because…
A victory would have strengthened his prestige and influence with the King and the Legislative Assembly
Robespierre on war:
“You propose to give supreme power to this who most want your ruin. The only way to save the state and to safeguard freedom is to wage war in the right way, on our enemies at home, instead of marching under the orders against their allies across the frontier”
Robespierre:
“Restore order at home before taking liberty elsewhere…Restore order in the finances, put an end to corruption”
France declared war on Austria …
20 April 1792, Constituent Assembly vote virtually unanimous, 7 against
Constituent Assembly’s reasons for war:
“The French nation…takes arms only to maintain its liberty and independence…the war is not a war of nation against nation, but the just defence of a free people against the unjust aggression of a King”
War with Austria led to mass defection, so there were … volunteer soldiers
140,000
Schama on Louis XVI during war:
“[Louis XVI] had hardly nothing to lose (or so he imagined). Should a war go well, it would be a means to concentrate power in his hands as commander in chief and might even give him the military force he needed to restore power back at home”
Marie Antoinette:
“The imbeciles! They cannot see that this will serve us well, for.. if we begin it all the Powers will become involved”
Before the Revolution, …% of officers in the army were nobles
65%
Decree issued to include Men from the Country in the National Guard on…
8 June 1792, enlisted further 20,00 men to defend the capital
Roland on King using his suspensive veto:
“Two important decrees have been passed. Decay in sanctioning them created distrust; if prolonged it will cause discontent; and I must say, in the present ferment of feelings, discontent may lead to anything”
