The Reign of Terror (17th Century) Flashcards
October 1, 1791
New Constitution takes place and NCA became the Legislative Assembly
Third Estate
Organized political clubs to represent their issue
Maximilien Robespierre
One of the most powerful members of the Jacobins
Jacobins
Two Groups of them:
The Mountain: Really high up in the NCA. They want the king dead.
The Girondists: Usually from rural areas in France. They wanted the king alive and out of power.
Jacobins are…
Middle Class: Bourgeois and the best-organized club
The Jacobins radicalized
The French Revolution
Jacobins Embraced…
Rousseau’s emphasis on equality and civic virtue
Jacobins Established…
network of clubs in the 83 departments
The Girondists
Are the first to assume leadership in the new Legislative Assembly.
The Girondist’s led assembly…
to declare a pre-emptive war on Austria and Prussia
Louis XVI
Approved of this war to make it seem like he was on the governments’ side, but really wanted the opposite to win so, he would have full power.
Commander of the Prussian army
Duke of Brunswick
Paris Commune
A radical group of workers in the middle class.
Sans-Culottes
Meaning: Without knee pants
The San-Culottes wanted…
lower food prices, but above all, a Democracy
San-Cullotes and others storm the…
Tuileries Palace
September Massacres- 1792
1200 people are murdered in the Paris City Jails.
Mostly consisted of refractory priests and nobles.
Why were people killed in Paris City Jails?
San-Culottes feared that prisoners would have revenge on their captors if released by the invading army.
The Convention
Paris Commune and the Mountain compelled Legislative Assembly to call for an election by universal male suffrage of still another new assembly to write a new constitution.
Battle of Valmy (Sept. 20, 1792)
French armies won against Prussian armies
These two become allies
The Mountains and the San-Culottes
January 21, 1793
Louis the XVI is executed for treason and other charges
Vendee Rebellion (1793-1796)
A revolution against a revolution
William Pitt the Younger (PM of UK)
He feared revolutionary ideas, so he tried regulating ideas and suppressing speech along with popular movements.
April 1793
France is at war with the first coalition
First Coalition;
Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, Spain, Sardinia-Piedmont, and Holland
Committee of Public Safety
Made up of 12 people from the Mountain and almost has dictatorial power. They would decide who would live and die.
Tribunals
People have to prove their innocence in a kangaroo court
Levee en Masse
The military requirement for the entire population to participate in the war. All males were drafted into the army.
