French Revolution - Part 1

Question 1

Legislative Assembly

Answer 1

New constitution that establishes a “constitutional monarchy” (laws + king), splits into three groups based on what they want:

Question 2

Radicals, Moderates, & Conservatives

Answer 2

Three political parties. Radicals wanted to remove the king, Conservatives to preserve monarchy, and Moderates were in-between

Question 3

Haiti revolution impact

Answer 3

means France no longer has income from this colony. France tries to raid Amsterdam for money, but Austria intervenes and a war breaks out.

Question 4

Jacobins

Answer 4

Most radical party, sans-culottes (working class), dominated the National Assembly (govt), blames “counter-revolutionaries” for problems. Created Committee for Public Safety and ruled during the Reign of Terror(killed thousands of people)

Question 5

Jacobins split

Answer 5

Gironde (Girondins), from provinces, want to slow down and keep the King alive. Montagnards (Mountain) from Paris, want more revolution, led by Maximilien Robespierre – they accuse Girondines of counter-revolution and execute them.

Question 6

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 6

Major political leader throughout the Revolution, called for removing the King. Used fear and terror, creator and leader of the Committee for Public Safety (which executed thousands of people).

Question 7

National Convention

Answer 7

Government 1792-1795
Declared the French Republic in 1792.

Question 8

Jean-Paul Marat

Answer 8

Leading Montagnard (like Robespierre) who wrote that more violence is needed. Charlotte Corday killed him in his bathtub (Marat had a skin condition that was treated with bath). Marat was idolized, and his death spurred more violence.

Question 9

Reign of Terror → Who was involved, what happened, how did it end?

Answer 9

Political fighting among the reformers resulted in the Reign of Terror, in which revolutionaries executed tens of thousands of people + King.
With Maximillian Robespierre as leader 1793-1794, thousands were executed for “disloyalty”. Robespierre then made a list of members of the National Convention to execute, and instead they executed him.
In parallel, France was at war – creates (drafts) an army of 500,000 soldiers to fight against Austria, Prussia, Britain, Church, and invades Belgium and Holland (robs Amsterdam of money).

Question 10

Guillotine

Answer 10

A decapitation device, used to kill thousands of people