MWH - French Revolution Review (pt. 2)

Girondins

middle class who were afraid of domination of France by Paris.

Jacobins

Created the national convention. Dominated Paris, led to the reign of terror.

National convention

introduced public education, abolished slavery. Responsible for Louis 16 death (jacobins)

Jean Pual Marat

influential voice for the most radical people of the revolution. He was murdered by Charlotte Corday because she thought that if he was dead then violence would stop. 

Committee of public safety

secure domestic support at home and waging war against the enemies. Robespierre + Dantonan, executive government body during the French Revolution, tasked with protecting the Republic from foreign and domestic threats, notably overseeing the Reign of Terror.

Robespierre

guillotined so many of his supporters everyone was afraid of him. He was a leading figure in the French Revolution who became infamous for his role in the Reign of Terror and his radical policies.

Revolutionary Tribunal

enemies of the revolution, arrest and execute them to try and punish the perceived enemies of the French Revolution. It played a crucial role during the Reign of Terror.

Examples of violence during the reign of terror:

Loire drownings, executions by guillotine, mass arrests, and civil unrest.

Republic

a form a government without a monarch and the citizens vote

Universal manhood suffrage

The right for all citizens to vote

Levee en masse

A French revolutionary conscription policy that required all able-bodied men to enlist in the military for defense of the nation. to recruit a large group

Guillotine

was created for a more humane way to execute people. Created by Joseph Guillotine.

First Coalition

was created by European nations to try and put a stop to the French revolution. Austria, Prussia, Britain

Thermidorian Reaction:

ended the committee of public safety, stopped the executions. It was a return to normalcy.

Example of De-Christianization

During the revolution street names and christian calendars were changed by revolutionaries because they believed religion wasn’t based on reason.

The Mountain

The mountain was a radical political group led by Jean Paul Marat. The mountain felt that if something was good for Paris, then it was good for all of France. 

Napoleon

Napoleon was chosen by the Directory but Napoleon named himself king.