Thermidorian

Question 1

31 July 1794

Answer 1

Moderate Dantonists and members of ‘the Plain’ filled the spaces on the CPS and CGS. This change demonstrates the movement towards a more moderate approach.

Question 2

1 August

Answer 2

Law of 22 Prairial was repealed and many who had been imprisoned were released.
Fouquier-Tinville, prosecutor during the Terror, was arrested.

Question 3

10 August

Answer 3

Revolutionary Tribunal was reorganised and alternatives to the guillotine were used. Exiling people to Guiana, South America, was now preferred.

Question 4

24 August 1794

Answer 4

Law on Revolutionary Government decreased the power of central the government:
• One revolutionary committee (RC) per département
• 12 RCs in Paris (1 for 4 sections) – broke the power of
the sans-culottes
• Central government was divided into 16 committees
responsible to the Convention. 25% of members
changed each month.
• Remit of CPS was limited to diplomacy, military
operations and war materials.
• New representatives-on-mission sent to oversee
changes and remove Jacobins from power

Question 5

31 August 1794

Answer 5

Powers of the Paris Commune were reduced.

Question 6

18 September

Answer 6

Church and state officially separated
• State stopped paying clerical salaries.

Question 7

12 November

Answer 7

Jacobin Club was closed down and all affiliated societies throughout France were disbanded.

Question 8

24 December

Answer 8

Law of the Maximum was repealed.
Public workshops, established in an attempt to provide for the poor, became private again.

Question 9

February 1795

Answer 9

Toleration for all religions was proclaimed but restrictions on Catholic practice still existed e.g. ban on religious dress, symbols,

Question 10

April 1795

Answer 10

Representatives-on-mission were abolished.