T4

Question 1

when did the new constitution written by the Thermidoreans come into effect?

Answer 1

22nd Aug 1795

Question 2

When was the White Terror?

Answer 2

July 1795

Question 3

What was the name of the youth gangs in Paris?

Answer 3

jeunesse doree (gilded youth)

Question 4

what happened in Lyon in the White Terror?

Answer 4

hundreds of prison murders 1795

Question 5

How many were killed in the White Terror?

Answer 5

2000 (figure must be treated with caution)

Question 6

When had the Thermidoreans removed price controls?

Answer 6

dec 1794

Question 7

bad winters…

Answer 7

1794-5
winter of 1795 even worse:
sack of firewood cost 20 livres 1790, cost 500 in 1795

Question 8

by when had the value of the assignat decreased by 96%

Answer 8

1795

Question 9

what percentage of Parisians relied on food relief?

Answer 9

20%

Question 10

When was the Rising of Germinal?

Answer 10

1st April 1795

Question 11

When was the Rising of Prairial?

Answer 11

20th May 1795

Question 12

When was the Directory established?

Answer 12

2nd Nov 1795

Question 13

what was the Directory in charge of?

Answer 13

law enforcement, military and foreign affairs

Question 14

what did the Council of 500 do?

Answer 14

initiated and drafted new legislation

Question 15

what did the Council of Ancients do?

Answer 15

approved or dismissed bills (no right to initiate or ammend)

Question 16

Royalists had support in election in…

Answer 16

1795

Question 17

assignat abolished

Answer 17

feb 1796

Question 18

mandate introduced

Answer 18

march 1796

Question 19

paper currency abolished - return to metal

Answer 19

feb 1797

Question 20

Directory declared itself bankrupt

Answer 20

sept 1797

Question 21

How did the sale of biens nationaux affect state debt?

Answer 21

wiped out 2/3
reduced annual expen. by 160 mill livres

Question 22

when was martial law introduced?

Answer 22

1797 (when martial courts were made permanent)

Question 23

over 200 communes seen military authorities take over policing and judicial powers by

Answer 23

1799

Question 24

Vendemiaire Uprising

Answer 24

5th Oct 1795

Question 25

Babeuf Plot

Answer 25

March 1796. 3 armies mutinied.
Was arrested 10th May, guillotined

Question 26

royalists made significant gains in the elections of….

Answer 26

1797
180/260 contested seats won

Question 27

royalist won a seat in the Directory

Answer 27

1797

Question 28

Coup of Fructidor

Answer 28

Sep 1797

Question 29

who arrested in Coup of Fructidor?

Answer 29

53 royalist deputies, Carnot, Bathelelmy