19th March 1793
Summary execution decree
6th April 1793
Committee of Public Safety established
6000
How many were recruited for the armées revolutionaires in Paris?
30,000
How many were recruited for the armées revolutionaires in the provinces?
17th September 1793
Law of Suspects
3rd October 1793
The trial of Brissot and the other Girondin deputies begins
31st October 1793
Brissot and 21 other Girondins sent to the guillotine
10th November 1793
The Festival of Reason (De-Christianisation)
Hébert
Who encouraged people to remove Christian symbols from their churches and turn them into Temples of Reason?
4th December 1793
Law of Frimaire allows for the purging of government officials, puts the CPS in charge of representatives on mission, bans revolutionary armies outside Paris
20th December 1793
Desmoulins made a direct appeal to his former ally, Robespierre, in issue four of Le Vieux Cordelier
24th March 1794
Hébert and 18 of his allies executed
May 1794
The Cult of the Supreme Being is given formal status by the National Convention
Early 1793
The First Coalition formed
To coordinate the war effort
Why was the CPS created?
March 1793
When was the Vendée rising?
20,000
By the end of March, an army of [-----] rebels controlled the Vendée
Over 8,700
How many people were executed in the aftermath of the Vendée rising?
1st May 1793
When did sans-culottes surround the National Convention demanding bread price controls?
13th July 1783
When was Marat murdered?
2nd June 1793
When was the National Convention surrounded by National Guards demanding the arrest of 29 Girondins?
84
How many generals were guillotined or shot between 1793 and 1794?
10th June 1794
When was the Law of Prairial?
Deemed that a defence hearing was no longer necessary during a trial
What did the Law of Prairial do?
Catherine Théot
French visionary whose followers saw the redeemer of humankind in Robespierre
June 1794
When did divisions begin to appear within the Committee of Public Safety?
Carnot
Who accused Robespierre and Saint-Just of being dictators?
Robespierre’s police bureau
What body began to take over the responsibilities of the CGS during the Great Terror?
Herbois, Fouché and Billaud-Varenne
Who fabricated the story that R was trying to restore religion because he was under the influence of Catherine Théot?
26th July 1794
Robespierre appeared at the Convention and told the assembly that he knew the names of more traitors of the revolution
28th July 1794
Robespierre, his brother, Saint-Just and associates guillotined
October 1792
When was the Committee of General Security established?
To act as political police and send suspects to the tribunal
Why was CGS introduced?
1251 between March 93 and June 94
How many people were killed by the tribunal?
To make sure conscription requirements for the army were being met
Why were Representatives on Mission initially introduced?
4th December 1793
When was the Law of Frimaire?
purging of gov officials, CPS in charge of reps on mission, revolutionary armies outside of Paris banned
What did the Law of Frimaire do?
May 1793
Robespierre called on the sans-culottes to rise up against the Girondin deputies
80,000
How many National Guardsmen and sans-culottes surrounded the Convention 2nd June?
13th July 1793
When was Marat murdered?
max price cap, army to deal w counter rev, arrest of girondin deputies
Sans-culottes demands (preconditions for terror)