The Terror Flashcards
The September Massacres
Power was shared between the deputies of LA and with the Paris Commune and they created the Provisional Executive Council.
Then the extrodinary tribunal was set up to try and guillotine counter-revolutionaries.
It seemed that Prussia was getting close to Paris so Commue ordered arrest of hundreds of counter revolutionaries.
When news that Verdun had fallen, prisons were broken into. 1300 prisoners were killed.
Revolution had become more violent
The committee of Public Safety
12 man committee created to aid the war effort. levee en masse. Representatives on mission to supervise generals . 84 generals were killed over 300 were accused of defeatism.
CGS
12 deputies in charge of internal problems eg.state security
prosecute foreign agents and counterfeit assignat
report regularly to national convention
Robespierre wanted to overthrow political enemies
Wanted to take full control he made terror the order of the day
Fear of conspiracy
People we
Pressure from Sans Culottes
Religious terror
Counter-revolution in the provinces
Religious terror
France needed total discipline to fight foreign enemies
The war was the main reason
The ruling group believed in revolutionary purity and vitrue at all costs
People wanted the revolution to continue
Two revolutionary leaders were assisnated
Lepeter and Marat were killed
