The Terror (pt2 continued from "The Terror" deck) - NEEDED FOR EXAM Flashcards

Needed for A-Level exam - includes info about the Thermidorian reaction but goes up to 1795

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After Robespierre was guillotined, what happened to the CGS and CPS?

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They survived but within weeks changes were made which undermined their former status.
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On the 31st of July 1794, who filled the vacancies that were left in the CPS and CGS?

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Moderate Dantonists and members of ‘the Plain’.

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On the 1st of August 1794, which law was repealed?

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The Law of 22 Prairial

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What happened on the 10th of August 1794?

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The Revolutionary Tribunal was reorganised and the number of people guillotined decreased.
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When was the Law on Revolutionary Government introduced?

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24th August 1794

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What three things did the Law on Revolutionary Government bring about?

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  1. Revolutionary committees were reduced to 1 department, leaving 12 in Paris which broke the sans-culottes power in the sections
  2. Central government was put in the hands of the 16 committees which required 25% of members to be changed each month.
  3. Representants-en-mission were dispatched to the provinces to oversee the changes and ensure Jacobins were removed from positions of authority
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When were the powers of the Paris Commune reduced?

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31st August 1794.

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When were the Church and state separated?

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18th September 1794

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When was the Jacobin Club closed?

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12th November 1794, resulted in all Jacobin affiliated societies being disbanded
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When was the Law of the Maximum repealed?

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24th December 1794
Resulted in public workshops being restored to private ownership
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By the end of 1794, who was in control of both central and local governments?

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The moderates who represented the propertied bourgeoise

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How many deputies were readmitted back into the Convention in December ‘94?

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73

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