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”
