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

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

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

A

They survived but within weeks changes were made which undermined their former status.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

On the 31st of July 1794, who filled the vacancies that were left in the CPS and CGS?

A

Moderate Dantonists and members of ‘the Plain’.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

On the 1st of August 1794, which law was repealed?

A

The Law of 22 Prairial

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What happened on the 10th of August 1794?

A

The Revolutionary Tribunal was reorganised and the number of people guillotined decreased.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

When was the Law on Revolutionary Government introduced?

A

24th August 1794

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

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

A
  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
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

When were the powers of the Paris Commune reduced?

A

31st August 1794.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

When were the Church and state separated?

A

18th September 1794

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

When was the Jacobin Club closed?

A

12th November 1794, resulted in all Jacobin affiliated societies being disbanded

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

When was the Law of the Maximum repealed?

A

24th December 1794

Resulted in public workshops being restored to private ownership

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

By the end of 1794, who was in control of both central and local governments?

A

The moderates who represented the propertied bourgeoise

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

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

A

73

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly