Trial of king and external/internal threats Flashcards
when did Louis’s trial begin
10 December 1792
What was the result of Louis Trial
What date Was Louis Executed ?
Out of 721 deputies present, 693 declared Louis guilty
21 January 1793, executed by guillotine in the palace de la Revolution
What countries were at War with France by the end of Febuary 1793 ? (First Coalition)
Britian,Holland,Austria,Prussia and Spain
How did the war in the spring and summer of 1793 go badly ? (First Coalition)
French suffered major defeat by the austrians at the battle of Neerwiden.
Dumouriez,French General, defected to the Austrians, causing convention to question the loyalty of its most trusted Commanders
What was the Vendee Revolt ? (March 1793)
The convention had ordered a levy of 300,000 conscripts to fight against the First coalition. Unwilling to die for a government, whose policies they objected, they took arms in revolt. Over 10,000 rebels attacked and overran the town of Cholet, begining the War in Vendee. Later supressed by National Guard recalled from war.
What were the reasons for the fall of the Girondins ?
Girondins were pro war, french fortunes were declining. Domouriez’s defection to the Austrians damaged the Griondins, as they supported Dumouriez. Marats newspapers attacked the Girondins claiming they were complicit in Dumouriez’s defection.
Describe the purge of the Girondins ?
Robespierre called for the sans culottes to rise up in insurrection against Girondin deputies, On June 2nd 1793 80,000 sans culottes and National guard surronded the convention and called for the arrest of the Girondin deputies. Georges Couthon proposed a vote within the convention on the arrest of 29 Girondin deputies.
who killed Marat and why ?
(13 July 1793)
Charlotte Corday, stabbed Marat while delivering a note to him in his bath. Corday killed Marat due to his role in the purge of the Girondins, she also believed Marat would only cause further unrest within France.
what happened in Lyon ?
General de Wimpffen, attempted to raise an army to march on Paris. Due to citys treason Lyon was wiped off the map, nearly 2000 were killed and 600 houses were demolished.
what was the levee en masse of august 1793 ?
Announcement of Total war, whole nation was to be geared towards the war effort. All unmarried men aged 18-25 were to be conscripted into the army, nearly half a million in total.
