f2 quotes

1794-1795 winter McPhee quote

arguable the worst havest of the century

brissot war quote

we cannot be calm, … until europe… is in flames

clerical oath quote

they had to swear to "be loyal to the nation" and to "maintain the constitution declared by the national assembly"

Danton on Terror

"let us be terrible, in order that the people are not so"

David andres lafayette quote

lafayette was "attempting to save the monarchy in spite of itself"

Doyle on clerical oath

the constituent assembly's "most serious mistake"

doyle quote civil consitution of the clergy

caused a chorus of compaints

Doyle quote September massacres

in the paranoid atmosphere of Paris the revolutionary activists of the Commune sought revenge on those who in the past opposed them

Frank Adhock louis exercution

left "a terrible legcy of bitterness" in the assembly

John Bosher quote representatives on mission

effectively 'terrorised the nation'

Manon roland

"peace will set us back"

Marat after the fall of verdun

let the blood of traitors flow, that is the only way to save the country

Marie Antoinette

"they cannot see that [the war] will serves us[, the royals,] well"

McPhee war quote

"the war was one the major turning points in the revoltion"

meat prices at the start of 1795

rose 300%

Number of active citizens

4.3 million

offically executed during the terror

17000

Peter McPhee august 10 quote

leaders such as Maximilien Robespierre understood the insurrection of 10 August as an expression of the people's will

prices 1793

the price of good like, soap, candles sugar and firewood had risen 45%-50% since 1790

Robespierre louis quote

"if the king is not guilty than the people that dethrowned him are"

Robespierre war quote

he wanted to "to restore order at home before taking liberty elsewhere"

Saint just louis quote

"no man can regine innocently"

schama economics quote

"the real crisis of 1793… was inflation"

Schama quote violence in the revolution

bloodshed was not the unfortunate byproduct of revolution, it was the source of its energy

simon schama quote louis and war

Louis XVI could have been convinced that he had hardly anything to lose

William Doyle quote Federalist revolt

what the federalists' appear to gave resented if anything more than the grip of the sans-culottes on the elected deputies was the range of emergency measures

William Doyle sans-culottes quote

they demanded their enemies be silenced