The Terror

Question 1

Name three reasons for why the Terror began

Answer 1

• Armies surrounding France
• Counter-Revolutionaries
• Civil War in the Vendee

Question 2

Why were the Sans-Culottes dominant?

Answer 2

• Power grew due to the war
• Clubs couldn’t have control without their support
• Made a significant contribution towards the overthrow of Robespierre

Question 3

Who were the CPS?

Answer 3

• Led by Robespierre
• Met in secret
• Reported weekly to the National Convention
• Nine members to be selected monthly by the National Convention

Question 4

Why was a civil war in the Vendee a reason for the Terror?

Answer 4

Because people feared it would spread and result in a divide within France with people either supporting or opposing the Revolution

Question 5

What was the impact of the Terror?

Answer 5

• Indirectly aided in Napoleon’s rise to power
• Demolition of political clubs
• General economic decline
• Over 16000 deaths

Question 6

What was the rising in the Vendee?

Answer 6

• Peasants were angered that they paid large amounts of land tax
• Local officials, priests and nobles were massacred
• 30,000 soldiers withdrawn from the war to suppress the rebellion
• Rebels imprisoned

Question 7

Why was Robespierre overthrown?

Answer 7

• SC withdrew support as he killed the Hebertists
• Lost support from the committees as they believed he was going to make them out to be counter revolutionary
• Civilians opposes the Terror

Question 8

How did the CPS resotre government authority in this period?

Answer 8

Law of Frimaire - Gave the CGS control of the police/security and the CPS more extensive ministers (e.g. foreign policy)

Question 9

What were Agents Nationaux?

Answer 9

National agents appointed by the central government to monitor the enforcement of revolutionary laws

Question 10

What did the convention do in relation to the armies?

Answer 10

Disbanded them except the ones in Paris

Question 11

Give 3 impacts of CPS Policies

Answer 11

• The end of anarchy
• Reduction in power of the Sans-Culottes
• Providing France with its first strong government since 1787

Question 12

Give 3 results of the execution of the Hebertists

Answer 12

• The Cordeliers Club was closed
• All popular societies were forced to disband
• The Commune was filled with supporters of Robespierre