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What did expulsion mean for the convention
Moderate faction gone
Montsnganeds and Robespierre henceforth able to dominate government
Between sept 1793 and July 1794
Did cps have more control than convention
Absolutely
Power became concentrated and rotations that supposedly would occur once a month stopped before
Who was Charlotte Corday
Girondin who killed Marat
Date of marat’s murder
13th July 1793
Grain
Shortages
During terror
When was law of suspects enacted
17th September 1793
What did law of suspects say
A suspect could be arrested cos of conduct relationships words
Committees of surveillance established to draw up lists
Danton let us be terrible
Let us be terrible in order to stop the people from being so
He was in cps
5 September 1793 terror according to R was
Place terror on the order of the day
Between 1792 and 1794 how many executed
40,000
Justification of the law of suspects by convention
Declared they must destroy enemies before the enemy destroys the republic
Show trials
October Paris to respond to scs thirst for blood
We’re show trials all first and second estate
NO!
Only 9% nobility and 7% clergy
Not even a fifth
So wasn’t rlly abt ancien regime
Famous death of show trials
Marie A
Date of Girondin execution
31st October 1793
How many girondins killed
21
All guillotined within the space of 36 minute
Why was war important to terror tho
The provincial government of France is revolutionary until there is peace
Said cps
Armées révolutionnaires how many men
40,000 roaming countryside
How many représentants-en-mission
More than a hundred
3 locations of internal revolt
Toulon
Lyons
Vendée
Planned column for Lyons to say what
Lyons made war on liberty: Lyons is no more!
Where were priests and monks killed
In mass drownings near Nantes in thee Vendée
The nuns and priests stripped naked and bound my ropes in mock marriages whilst being drowned
How many executed in Lyons
2000
De Christ..
Dechristianisation
Figures on the west front of notre dame cathedral
We’re beheaded
Busts of who were popular replacements of religious objects
Busts of Marat
Notes darme
Notre dame became the temple of reason
Festival of
Reason
Why was Robespierre fearful of Dechristianisation
He thought it wld earn them more enemies and that faith could be a valuable ally in order and control
And he decreed liberty of cults affirming religious toleration
By the end of 1793 how was France
Economy improving
Good harvest
War going well
Federalist revolt under control
Since everything was good by end of 1793 what did rob suggest
Too many conflicting bodies had emerged
Also a way to hinder SCs
What law was passed at end of December 1793
Law of frimaire
What did law of Frimaire enact
CPS control over ministers general local government
Popular societies and patriotic committees shut down
Robespierre stopped going to CPs Meetings for a bit and then came back and suggested
Even more purges of people conspiring against “prominent liberty”
Coup of Thermidor marked end of who.
Rob
When Saint Just tried to make a speech what happens
Chants at the convention down with the tyrant
Paris commune tried to help rob
Tried to get national guard to defend him but only a third responded
What happened to commune
87/95 commune sentenced to death
