collapse in the constitutional monarchy

Question 1

Sans Culottes

Answer 1

• urban workers
• ideas of liberty equality and fraternity
• driven by economic concerns
• supported direct solcia reforms and the abolishing of the monarchy

Question 2

when do the radicals take over the Paris commune

Answer 2

• 9 August
• led by Danton

Question 3

10th August journee

Answer 3

• encouraged by the jacobins
• sans culottes storm attack the tuileries and force the assembly to suspend the king
• death of hundreds of the kings guards
• monarchy suspended and put under arrest in temple prison

Question 4

background to september massacres

Answer 4

• military defeat
• brunswick manifesto (july 1792) which threatened paris with destruction if the royal family was harmed
• rumours of counter revolutionary threat
• anger of sans culottes demanding harsh measures against internal enemies

Question 5

september massacres

Answer 5

• 2nd to 6th september 1792
• sans culottes encouraged by radicals stored prisons
• executed them
• 1400 murdered

Question 6

impact of the massacres

Answer 6

• turning point
• justified by marat
• moderates horrified
• shocked europe and intensified wars against France