The Thermidorian Reaction Flashcards
Not needed for A-Level exams
After Robespierre was guillotined, what happened to the CGS and CPS?
They survived but within weeks changes were made which undermined their former status.
On the 31st of July 1794, who filled the vacancies that were left in the CPS and CGS?
Moderate Dantonists and members of ‘the Plain’.
On the 1st of August 1794, which law was repealed?
The Law of 22 Prairial
What happened on the 10th of August 1794?
The Revolutionary Tribunal was reorganised and the number of people guillotined decreased.
When was the Law on Revolutionary Government introduced?
24th August 1794
What three things did the Law on Revolutionary Government bring about?
- Revolutionary committees were reduced to 1 department, leaving 12 in Paris which broke the sans-culottes power in the sections
- Central government was put in the hands of the 16 committees which required 25% of members to be changed each month.
- Representants-en-mission were dispatched to the provinces to oversee the changes and ensure Jacobins were removed from positions of authority
When were the powers of the Paris Commune reduced?
31st August 1794.
When were the Church and state separated?
18th September 1794
When was the Jacobin Club closed?
12th November 1794, resulted in all Jacobin affiliated societies being disbanded
When was the Law of the Maximum repealed?
24th December 1794
Resulted in public workshops being restored to private ownership
By the end of 1794, who was in control of both central and local governments?
The moderates who represented the propertied bourgeoise
How many deputies were readmitted back into the Convention in December ‘94?
73
What did all the leading ‘Thermodorians’ share a desire in?
To restore stability without resorting to extreme Jacobinism or monarchy
