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Stage 2/Radical Stage 1792-1795 Flashcards

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How did the Wars of French Revolution begin?

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Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria in response to King Leopold’s threat

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1792 September Massacres

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Citizens feared Prussia -> kill king’s guard in Tuillers (counter-revolution)

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July 1792 Brunswick Manifesto

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Issued by Prussian commander threatened the citizens of Paris if there was harm to Louis XVI

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First Coalition

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Austria, Great Britain, Netherlands, Prussia, Spain

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National Convention 1792

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Elected to replace Legislative Assembly, declared France a republic, divided into Girondists and the Mountain

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Girondists

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Moderate group

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the Mountain

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Led by Robespierre & Danton, radical faction of Jacobins

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Royal Execution January 1793

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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed by Robespierre

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Sans-Culottes

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Laboring poor of Paris, men wore trousers instead of fancy breeches, are militant radicals

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the Commune

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Willing to kill for republic, defy LegAssem, don’t fight in was w Austria until they settle the fight internally in France

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1793 National Convention

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Declare war on Britain, Dutch Republic, Spain

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1793 Committee of Public Safety

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Deal with domestic and foreign threats to the revolution, led by Robespierre, launched Reign of Terror

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1793 Republic of Virtue

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Made by Committee of Public Safety to de-Christianize France, alienated Catholic population

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1794 National Convention/Thermidorian Reaction

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Robespierre and Danton executed, public opinion turned against Reign of Terror

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1795-99 Directory

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5 member executive, established by National Convention to run the government

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“Vindication of the Free Rights of Man” by Mary Wollstonecraft

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Rejected Burke’s thinking

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“Declaration of the Rights of Women” by Olympe de Gouges

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Women born free and equal to men. Mirrored Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

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Revolutionary Political Culture

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Common language, tradition = national unity

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Joseph de Maistre

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Didn’t like Enlightenment, believed in monarchy, divine right, and didn’t want people to govern themselves

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