Post-Aug 10 1792 Flashcards
September Massacres?
2nd-6th sept
1.1k-1.4k of 2.6k Parisian prisoners killed inc 300 refractory priests
How many refractory priests and noble killed
300
What did the Assembly (which was now controlled by the Commune) do on 11th Aug?
Granted power to arrest suspected counter revolutionaries
Link betw Sept Massacres and War?
By Sept war situation had worsened: Lafayette deflected to the Austrians; Prussians had crossed into the French Frontier and had reached Verdun by September (THE LAST MAJOR FORTRESS ON ROUTE TO PARIS)
Why did Marat encourage Sept Massacres?
Prisons become overcrowded
wanted to accelerate process of getting rid of counterrevolutionaries
How did Jacobins and Girondins rect?
Girondins could them bloodthirsty
Robespierre blamed Brissot of compliccty
What hapened on sept 20th?
News of French victory at Valny against the Prussians WOOO
When was Convention made? What was it?
Replaced Legislative Assembly
First session on 20 Sept 1792
Who was Convention made up of?
200 of 749 deputies
83 members of NA
dominated as bourgeoise
Political club split in the convention?
Girondins
The Plain
The Jacobins (who became known as the Montagnards)
What did Convention say on 20th Sept?
Republic proclaimed; monarchy abolished
Debate re King’s fate
Girondin (led by Brissot)= not executed
Montagards wanted him on trial and killed
What secured King’s fate
November 1792 discovery of the armoire de fer at the Tuilleries- letters containing evidence that the king conspired with the Austrian royals
Robespierre’s suggestion thaat voting was l’appel nominal
King’s vote result?
693= he was guilty and none said he wasntt 288= against death, 361 for execution,, 44 abstained
When was King killed?
21 Jan 1793
