The Totality of the Terror Flashcards
Following the expulsion of the Girondins, there were Journees throughout … in provincial France.
60 departments
Marseilles declared itself:
“in a legal state of resistance” to the National Convention
New regime responded savagely, and General Kellerman’s troops surrounded Lyon on :
August 1793
Committee of Public Safety declares Lyon should be destroyed:
12 October 1793
CPS plaque erected in Lyon:
“Lyon made a war on liberty. Lyon is no more”
On … to …, Committee of Seven took savage reprisals, guillotine … per day.
August to October, 26 people per day
Fenwick and Anderson on reprisals:
“The blood ran so freely that citizens complained it overflowed form the drainage ditch”
In …, … people died over …
December 1793, 360 died over three days
By …, there were … deaths
April 1794, 2000 deaths
Witness to the terror:
“What a delicious moment… Worthy indeed of liberty! Wish bonjour to Robespierre”
Marseilles surrendered to Revolutionary Army on:
25 August 1793
In Marseilles, … suspects accused… only … guillotined
975 suspects accused, only 289 guillotined
(Example of horror of the terror) On …, … merchants arrested in bordeaux, … guillotined
29-30 November 1793: 200 merchants arrested, 104 guillotined
Crime Negotiantisme:
Using the Revolution to get rich
Girondin Deputy:
“A woman was charged with the heinous crime of having wept at the execution of her husband. She was condemned to sit under the suspended blade which shed on her the blood of the deceased whose corpse was above her”
Committee of Public Safety gives order to subdue the rebellion in the Vendee on :
1 August 1793
General Turreau on Vendee Rebellion:
“My purpose is to burn everything”
In the Nantes Drownings, between … and … were killed
2000 and 4800
Benaben on Le Mans battle:
“Wives and daughters of the brigands who had not time to flee… were crowded together and butchered on the spot”
In the Battle for Le Mans, over … of the … Vended rebels were slaughtered
Over 3000 of the 5000
General Westermann:
“The Vendee is no more… I have massacred the women, they at least will not give birth to any more brigands”
… of the Terror’s victims were in the Vendee
70%
Schama on the Terror:
“The terror was highly selective in it geography … it operated with crushing effect on areas that were indeed the centres of war and revolt”
… of all executions occurred in .. of the … departements
90% occurred in 20 of the 83 departments of France
Grain supply to Paris dropped …
by 3/4
1793 Constitution:
24 June 1793
Roux on the Economic crisis:
“Legislators, you have done nothing for the happiness of the people. For four years only the rich have profited from the revolution”
Law of Suspects :
17 September 1793
Law of Suspects results in … people being arrested
Half a million
Law of Maximum:
29 September 1793
