Champ de Mars demonstration

Question 1

What was the Champ de Mars demonstration

Answer 1

-Demonstration where people could sign a petition to establish a republic

Question 2

When was the Champ de Mars demonstration?

Answer 2

-17th July 1791

Question 3

Who flocked to the Champ de Mars demonstration?

Answer 3

-Poor sections of Parisian society/ Sans Culottes
-6000 people

Question 4

Who encouraged people to join the Champ de mars demonstration?

Answer 4

-Cordeliers club

Question 5

a)Who declared martial law on the 17th July 1791 and b) and what did this mean in this context ?

Answer 5

a)Paris commune under pressure from the NCA

b)The suspension of civil liberties by the state to restore public order - radical press shut down

Question 6

a)Who opened fire on the peaceful and unarmed demonstrators and b) how many suspected to be dead?

Answer 6

a)National Guard led by Lafayette

b) 50 killed

Question 7

What happened to the popular leaders of the Cordeliers club after the Champ de Mars massacre?

Answer 7

-Hebert, Marat and Desmoullins went into hiding
-Danton fled to Britain