Reign of terror study guide

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

document declaring what the French citizens wanted from their government

part of the new constitution that gave people the power to make the laws

the King would enforce them

Left Wing

more liberal and radical in the rights they demanded for the people

Right Wing

more conservative in the rights they demanded for the people, still want a King

Emigres

want to undo the French Revolution

San Culottes

think the revolution did not do enough

Parisians

people who live in Paris

National Convention

2nd attempt at a government during the revolution-removed the King of all his power

September Massacres

attack on the Paris prisons due to rumors that there would be a prison break

Jacobins

radical political organization that had a lot of say in the National Convention

Jean Paul Marat

leader of the Jacobins; executed Louis XVI

Guillotine

more humane way to execute people

Maximilien Robespierre

leader during the Reign of Terror, responsible for the wrongful executions of many; executed Marie Antoinette

Reign of Terror

time period at the end of the Revolution when no one was safe from the guillotine

Directory

5 person executive body, put in place at the end of the Revolution