T3: Instruments of Terror Flashcards
Committee of General Security
Oct 1792
Revolutionary Tribunal created in Paris
10th March 1793
How many people did the Tribunal execute 10th March 1793- 10th June 1794?
1,251
85% Third Estate
First wave of representatives on mission sent out
March 1793
Reps on mission put under control of CPS -became important link between provinces and CPS
July 1793
Watch Committees are established across the country
March 1793
Powers of Watch Committees extended when?
After the Law of Suspects Sept 1793- would send lists of suspects to the Tribunal
how many people were in one Watch Committee
12
What provoked the Law of 19 March?
rising in the Vendee
What did the Law of 19 March do? How many were executed under this law?
Rebels caught bearing arms or possessing royalist insignia put to death within 24 hours without trial.
10,000-12,000
Law of Suspects
17th Sep 1793 (after insurrection by SC 4-5 Sep)
How many new prisons in Paris due to Law of Suspects?
50 new prisons for 7,000 suspects
How many suspects imprisoned in France by summer 1794?
300,000
How many perished while imprisoned because of the Law of Suspects?
10,000
When was Marie Antionette put on trial in a show trial?
14th Oct 1793
