Thermidorian reaction Flashcards
1
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Festival of supreme being
A
- 8 June 1794
- helped with dechristianisation
Made Robespierre a figure to ridicule
2
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Thermidorian reaction
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- 26-27 July 1794
- political uprising which resulted in the takeover of Robespierre
- Napoleon almost killed
3
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repeal of law of Prairial
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- 1 august 1794
- The law was largely unpopular and meant suspects of rebellion couldn’t have a witness or a defence counsel
- this was repealed
4
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White terror
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- 1795
- mob against ex-Jacobin leaders
5
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Coup of Prairial
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- 20 May 1795
- policy result against the Thermidorian convention
6
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Vendemiaire Uprising
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- 5 October 1795
- royalist uprising against the gov
- Napoleon was called in to put them down
