Part 4 Flashcards
When did Sieyes become a director
May 1799
When was General Joubert killed
August 1799
When was the Coup de Brumaire
9th November 1799
Where did the councils move to in lead up the coup
saint-cloud
What sort politicians filled the vacancies in the CPS ad CGS
moderate danotnists and members of the Plain
When was the Law of 22 Prairial repealed
1st August 1794
When was the Revolutionary Tribunal reorgansied
10 August 1794
What was the effect of the reorganisation of the revolutionary tribunal
the number of guillotinings significantly decreased
What was used as an alternative to guillotining
exile to Guiana
When was the Law on Revolutionary Government introduced
24 August 1794
What did the Law on Revolutionary government provide
provided a complete reorganisation of government and administration away from highly centralised structure of the terror
How was the structure of the government changed following the law on revolutionary government
- revolutionary committees were reduced to one per department (broke power structure of the sans culottes)
- central gov was put in the hands of 16 committees (responsible for the convention)
- new representants en mission were dispatched to the provinces to oversee changes
What percentage of members were changed each month in the convention
25%
When was the church and state separated following the terror
18th September 1794
What was the effect of the separation of the church and state in 1794
state stopped paying clerical salaries which ended the constitutional church
When was the Jacobin club closed down
12th November
When was the Law of maximum repealed
24th December 1794
In 1795 further measures reduced the terror further still- what were they
- Toleration for all religions was proclaimed BUT still some restrictions on ‘Catholic’ practices
- representants en mission were abolished
- revolutionary tribunal was abolished
- law of suspects was officially repealed
Who did the moderates who were in control by the end of 1794 represent
the propertied bourgeoisie
Who were the three prominent thermidorians
- Jean-Lambert Taillen
- Joseph Fouche
- Paul-Francois Barras
What was the white terror
series of purges and campaigns by which the thermidorians took action against the former proponents of the Terror
Who supported the thermidorians during the white terror
‘Muscadins’ and jeunesse doree
Who did the muscadins and jeunesse doree attack in the streets
sans culottes and jacobins
What is an example of violent event during the white terror
May 1795- Lyons
What happened in Lyons 1795
Jacobin prisoners were hauled from cells and slaughtered
When did the revolutionary tribunal close
May 1795
Why did the revolutionary tribunal stay open until May
to permit legal action against jacobins
What was the real value of the assignat by April 1795
1/10 of its original value
What was the effect of the dropping value of the assignat in France
- factories forced to close
- farmers refused to sell gain to supply the capital for paper money
- 10th May the bread ration for Parisians fell to 60g per day
What was the effect of the lowering bread rations in Paris
Hundreds of Parisians starved, froze to death or committed suicide
When was the rising of Germinal
1st April 1795
What happened during the rising of Germinal
10,000 sans culottes invaded the convention demanding ‘bread and the constitution of 1793’
Why was the rising of Germinal easily crushed
the demonstrators were not armed so when the National Guardsmen arrived they withdrew without resistance
What is martial law?
ruling through the army and using military measures rather than normal civilian law
When was the Rising of Prairial
20/21 May 1795
Why Prairial rising more threatening than Germinal
as the men were armed
Which deputy did the sans- culottes murder immediately and why
murdered Jean-Bertrand Feraud as we tried to stop them entering the meeting hall
What did the sans-culottes demand during Prairial uprising
the release of Jacobin prisoners, the instatement of the 1793 constitution and new controls to ensure better supply of food
What happened on the 2nd day of the prairial uprisng
20,000 sans culottes and National guards trained loaded canons on the convention
How many soldiers were sent in to dispel crowds during the 2nd day of prairial rising
40,000
When was the Rising of Vendemiaire
5th October 1795
What was the nature of the Vendemiaire rising
royalists uprising inn the Vendee
What sparked the Vendemiaire rising
royalists believed that a plebiscite held in September to win support for a new non-monarchical constitution had been rigged
Who crushed the Vendemiaire uprising
Napoleon
How many people were killed with Napoleon’s whiff of grapeshot
around 300
