the rising in the vendee

Question 1

why was there a RiV

Answer 1

• rural, conservative and strongly Catholic area with a large number of refractory priests- a breeding place for rebellion
• uprising began as a protest against the levy for 300,000 men which was being carried out in Angers in March 1793.

Question 2

what happened

Answer 2

• a Catholic and Royal Army of the Vendee was formed and on 14 March Cholet, a major city in the area was seized.
• massacres of local officials, jurying priests and NG and guerilla warfare spread through the countryside

Question 4

how did convention react

Answer 4

The convention sent 30,000 men from the front to the area in May in an attempt to control the rebellion.

Question 5

how had the rebel advanced

Answer 5

it continued to spread and by June the rebels had seized a number of the bridges over the Loire taken Angers and Saumur advancing to Le Mans heading for Paris

Question 6

how did the NC further do something

Answer 6

• the same month the Federalist Revolts which put pressure on the convention on 1 August they decreed the destruction of the Vendee
• 100,000 arrived in Nantes on 6th September but failed to crush it until October when the Vendeams suffered several defeats and by Dec it was chrushed