1795 Parisian uprisings

Question 1

Why were the Parisians upset in the background of the Parisian risings?

Answer 1

-Removal of price controls under General Maximum and return to paper currency was disastrous particularly due to bad harvest of 1794

Question 2

By April 1795 what was the value of the assignat (paper currency)

Answer 2

-value of the assignat was 1/10 of its original value

Question 3

What happened to the bread ration on the 10th May?

Answer 3

-fell by 60g

Question 4

a) What, b) where, c) who and d) when was the rising of Germinal?

Answer 4

a)S.c. stormed the Thermidorean convention and demanded price controls and 1793 Jacobin constitution

b) Paris

c)10,000 s.c

d) 1 April 1795

Question 5

Was the rising of Germinal successful?

Answer 5

-NO: demonstrators withdrew when deputies arrived at the convention and leading agitators were arrested
-Paris placed under martial law

Question 6

a) What, b) where, c) who and d) when was the rising of Priarial?

Answer 6

a)Stormed the convention and murdered Feraud and demanded price controls, release of Jacobin from prisons and Jacobin constitution.
2nd day = national guard and s.c. aimed canon on the convention

b)Paris

c) sans-culottes woman and armed men on the first day, 2nd day is 20,000 s.c. + NG vs. 40,000 soldiers

d) 20/21 May 1795

Question 7

Was the rising of Prairial successful?

Answer 7

-yes: convention agreed to put in place price controls
-negotitations made to stop canon fire

No:
-soldiers marched to Saint-Antoine the insurgents home territory amd forced surrender of weapons
-6000 cross examined and 42 National Guardsmen were executed