Spread of terror Flashcards
1
Q
How many people were guillotined during terror
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1792-1794: 17,000
2
Q
How did the Law of suspects lead to an increase in the numbers brought before the Revoltionary Tribunal
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- March - September 1793 : 260 cases heard
- September - December 1793 : 500,000 cases heard
3
Q
How did the increase in Revolutionary Tribunal cases lead to an increase in the use of the guillotine
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- March - September 1793: 66 guillotined
- September - December 1793: 180 guillotined (alone in Paris)
4
Q
What % of executions during the inital phase of Terror were from the nobility and clergy
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- 9% from nobility
- 7% from clergy
5
Q
Dechristianisation campaign
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- October 1793 - Paris Commune made it an official policy
- Influenced by sans-culottes
- Figures on Notre Dame Cathedral were beheaded
6
Q
Law of 14 Frimaire
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- December 1793
- Gave CPS direct power over ministers, generals and local government
- Provided highly centralised structure and chain of authority
7
Q
Law of 22 Prairial
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- June 1794
- Provincial revolutionary tribunals closed
- All accusants taken to Parisian RT
- Citizens obliged to denounce any suspects
- Trials no more than 3 days
8
Q
The Great Terror
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- June-July 1794
- Law of 22 Prairial led to 1284 death sentances
- 35% Nobles and 25% Clergy
9
Q
Law of General Maximum
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- September 1793
- Max price for grain and flour
- Imposed wage regulations
- Removed incentive for farmers to produce - exacerbated food shortages
10
Q
Death of Marat
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- July 1793
- Murdered by Girondin, Charlotte Corday
- Increased hostility of Sans-culottes
11
Q
Rising in the Vendee
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- Began March 1793
- December 1793 Vendee rebels defeated in Battle of Savenay
- January to March 1794 - 50,000 Vendean civillians massacred
12
Q
Summary execution decree
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- March 1793
- Allowed trial and execution of armed rebels within 24 hours of their capture
13
Q
Execution of Girondins
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- October 1793
- 21 expelled Girondin leaders condemed to death
