The progress of the war Flashcards
1
Q
Levee en masse
A
- August 1793
- CPS
- All men between 18-25 to give immediate military service
- Women to ‘make tents and service in hospitals’
- Particularly angered Vendeans
2
Q
Marat death
A
- July 1793
- Murdered by Charlotte Corday
- Encouraged sans-culottes to rise on September 5th
3
Q
Law of Suspects
A
- September 1793
- Nobles, relatives of emigres and hoarders of goods all defined as suspects
4
Q
Sans-culottes march on convention 1793
A
- September 1793
- Demanded lower bread prices and an attack on counter revolutionaries
- Jacobins conceded legislation: Law of Suspects and General Maximum
- Radicalised revolution