The Reign of Terror Flashcards
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The Reign of Terror
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- Radicals call for the election of a new legislative assembly called the National Convention
- National Convention grants suffrage; the right to vote, to all MALE citizens
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Goals Of The Convention
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*To abolish the monarchy and create a Republic with a new constitution
RESULT: The Convention puts Louis XVI on trial from being a traitor and beheads Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
*The convention sets up a Committee of Public Safety to battle threats against the Revolution both inside and outside of France
Leader: Maximilian Robespierre
*by the end of 1793, the reign of terror was coming to an end
*fearing their own lives, members of the Convention turned on Robespierre
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Just know Napoleon’s story
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Reign, Life, and all of that