T4 Flashcards
when did the new constitution written by the Thermidoreans come into effect?
22nd Aug 1795
When was the White Terror?
July 1795
What was the name of the youth gangs in Paris?
jeunesse doree (gilded youth)
what happened in Lyon in the White Terror?
hundreds of prison murders 1795
How many were killed in the White Terror?
2000 (figure must be treated with caution)
When had the Thermidoreans removed price controls?
dec 1794
bad winters…
1794-5
winter of 1795 even worse:
sack of firewood cost 20 livres 1790, cost 500 in 1795
by when had the value of the assignat decreased by 96%
1795
what percentage of Parisians relied on food relief?
20%
When was the Rising of Germinal?
1st April 1795
When was the Rising of Prairial?
20th May 1795
When was the Directory established?
2nd Nov 1795
what was the Directory in charge of?
law enforcement, military and foreign affairs
what did the Council of 500 do?
initiated and drafted new legislation
what did the Council of Ancients do?
approved or dismissed bills (no right to initiate or ammend)
Royalists had support in election in…
1795
assignat abolished
feb 1796
mandate introduced
march 1796
paper currency abolished - return to metal
feb 1797
Directory declared itself bankrupt
sept 1797
How did the sale of biens nationaux affect state debt?
wiped out 2/3
reduced annual expen. by 160 mill livres
when was martial law introduced?
1797 (when martial courts were made permanent)
over 200 communes seen military authorities take over policing and judicial powers by
1799
Vendemiaire Uprising
5th Oct 1795
Babeuf Plot
March 1796. 3 armies mutinied.
Was arrested 10th May, guillotined
royalists made significant gains in the elections of….
1797
180/260 contested seats won
royalist won a seat in the Directory
1797
Coup of Fructidor
Sep 1797
who arrested in Coup of Fructidor?
53 royalist deputies, Carnot, Bathelelmy
