The Reign of Terror (17th Century)

Question 1

October 1, 1791

Answer 1

New Constitution takes place and NCA became the Legislative Assembly

Question 2

Third Estate

Answer 2

Organized political clubs to represent their issue

Question 3

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 3

One of the most powerful members of the Jacobins

Question 4

Jacobins

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

Jacobins are…

Answer 5

Middle Class: Bourgeois and the best-organized club

Question 6

The Jacobins radicalized

Answer 6

The French Revolution

Question 7

Jacobins Embraced…

Answer 7

Rousseau’s emphasis on equality and civic virtue

Question 8

Jacobins Established…

Answer 8

network of clubs in the 83 departments

Question 9

The Girondists

Answer 9

Are the first to assume leadership in the new Legislative Assembly.

Question 10

The Girondist’s led assembly…

Answer 10

to declare a pre-emptive war on Austria and Prussia

Question 11

Louis XVI

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Commander of the Prussian army

Answer 12

Duke of Brunswick

Question 13

Paris Commune

Answer 13

A radical group of workers in the middle class.

Question 14

Sans-Culottes

Answer 14

Meaning: Without knee pants

Question 15

The San-Culottes wanted…

Answer 15

lower food prices, but above all, a Democracy

Question 16

San-Cullotes and others storm the…

Answer 16

Tuileries Palace

Question 17

September Massacres- 1792

Answer 17

1200 people are murdered in the Paris City Jails.

Mostly consisted of refractory priests and nobles.

Question 18

Why were people killed in Paris City Jails?

Answer 18

San-Culottes feared that prisoners would have revenge on their captors if released by the invading army.

Question 19

The Convention

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Battle of Valmy (Sept. 20, 1792)

Answer 20

French armies won against Prussian armies

Question 21

These two become allies

Answer 21

The Mountains and the San-Culottes

Question 22

January 21, 1793

Answer 22

Louis the XVI is executed for treason and other charges

Question 23

Vendee Rebellion (1793-1796)

Answer 23

A revolution against a revolution

Question 24

William Pitt the Younger (PM of UK)

Answer 24

He feared revolutionary ideas, so he tried regulating ideas and suppressing speech along with popular movements.

Question 25

April 1793

Answer 25

France is at war with the first coalition

Question 26

First Coalition;

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Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, Spain, Sardinia-Piedmont, and Holland

Question 27

Committee of Public Safety

Answer 27

Made up of 12 people from the Mountain and almost has dictatorial power. They would decide who would live and die.

Question 28

Tribunals

Answer 28

People have to prove their innocence in a kangaroo court

Question 29

Levee en Masse

Answer 29

The military requirement for the entire population to participate in the war. All males were drafted into the army.