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commune
illegal government that becomes the government in the city of Paris. Radicals are in charge of it. They called for new elections and a constitutional convention to rewrite the constitution. TERM 2
guillotine
DEFINITION 2 a device used to execute people by decapitating their heads. it was created as a faster method of execution because hanging was too slow. TERM 3
Constitutional Convention (Jan. 1793)
DEFINITION 3 The Convention... a. brought Louis XVI to trial for treason and found him guilty. they executed him b. established the committee of public safety TERM 4
Committee of Public Safety
DEFINITION 4 a. acted as a war cabinet b. had all power in government authority c. established watch committees d. began to strike at prostitutes, criminals, and preist * they executed more than 20,000 people including Marie Antoinette TERM 5
Robespierre
DEFINITION 5 leader of the radical fringe (The Jacobins) during the revolution. he is the most powerful leader in revolutionary France
Reign of Terror (1793-1794)
the period of Robespierre's rule. Luois XVI is dead leaving France with a dictatorship that has total power. The government authority is given to the Committee of Public Safety. *no one in France is safe TERM 7
Vendee
DEFINITION 7 parliaments made up of more than 2,000 members. They were made up of radicals & catholics. They were eventually chained to barb where they drowned. TERM 8
Nationalism
DEFINITION 8 pride in one's country. it begins to spread all throughout France during the rule of the radicals. TERM 9
"Thermidorean Reaction"
DEFINITION 9 a revolt in the French Revolution where the radical fringe of the revolution ends the reign of terror a. all the machinery of the terror is dismantled b. the committee of Pubic Safety is dismantled c. many officers and administrators of the Jacobins are arrested and executed d. all books from the period are abolished *ushers in a period of moderation TERM 10
The Directory (1795)
DEFINITION 10 a new government formedafter the reign of terror that a. delt with the national debt b. formed a new type of currency for France called Franc * the government failed in 1799 due to military Coup d'etat
