Week 27- The spread of the Terror and Executions Flashcards
How many victims of the Terror were there between 1792 and 1794?
40,000
What did the convention declare in 1793?
They declared that they must destroy its enemies or they would destroy the Republic.
Therefore, especially after the law of suspects, there was a rapid increase in the numbers of those brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal.
How many cases did the Revolutionary Tribunal hear?
They dealt with 500,000 cases between September and December 1793 and sent 180 to the guillotine (just in Paris).
What were show trials?
In order to deal with the sans-culottes pressure, they were put on in Paris from October 1793.
These featured dominant people including Marie Antoinette.
When was Marie Antoinette tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal?
14th October 1793
What was Marie Antoinette accused of?
Squandering government money, conspiracy against the security of the state and sharing intelligence with the enemy.
What was the outcome of Marie Antoinette’s trial?
She was found guilty of all crimes (except incest).
She was executed on 16th October.
When did the trial of the 24 expelled Girondin leaders begin?
24th October 1793
They were all condemned to death and guillotined on 31st October.
What harsh measures were put in place during the Terror?
Local watch communities monitored residents in every municipality
armées révolutionnaires roamed the countryside to clamp down on counter-revolutionary activity.
Représentants-en-mission perused the cause of revolutionary justice.
What were the three worst effected areas in France?
The Vendée, Toulon and Lyons
How was The Vendée impacted?
A total of 7873 were guillotined and many were shot without trial.
Between November 1793 and January 1794, 2000 were killed in mass drownings.
How was Toulon impacted?
It was recaptured on 19th December 1793, thanks to Napoleon Bonaparte.
The suppression of the city resulted in the death of 700-800 prisoners .
How was Lyons impacted?
The convention commissioned for an attack on the area in December 1793.
The condemned were killed using canons, propelling them in mass graves.
It was so brutal, the Convention ordered that they cease this method of killing at the end of the month.
By the end of 1794, at least 2000 people had been executed in Lyons.
