Government by Terror Flashcards
(13 cards)
Why were the Jacobin able to completely control the convention?
-After the expulsion of the Girondin deputies the moderate faction (la plaine) collapsed
When did Robespierre join the CPS?
-July 1793
When was the CPS increased from 9 members to 12?
-September 1793
What indicates the flawed restraints of the CPS’ power?
The members were supposed to change monthly but from September a dominant clique emerged:
-Robespierre
-Saint-Just
-Couthon
-Carnot
-Also although it reported to the convention weekly, this became a rubber-stamping process
a)Who assassinated Marat, B)when and what was the significance?
a) Charlotte Corday
b)13 July 1793
3) Marat became a martyr for the revolutionary consensus which radicalised the s.c further
What were the aims of the 5th September 1793 Journee?
-Thousands of s.c. stormed the convention demanding more price controls and wanted the formation of the s.c revolutionary armees
What were the consequences of the 5th September Journee?
-Convention agreed to its demands (it had sold itself to the s.c. after the expulsion of the Girondins)
-After this convention went after Jacques Roux who was arrested and later committed suicide
-Led to the Law of general Maximum on the 29th September: price controls on all important foodstuffs, aswell as paper and soap; also imposed wage controls
When were revolutionary armees established and their role?
-established 9th September
How large was the Paris s.c. revolutionary armee?
7,000
When was the Law of Suspects passed and what did it do?
-17th September 1793
-Supplemented revolutionary tribunals and added new definition of law of suspects
Suspects = relatives of emigres, hoarders of goods, but could also be suspect because of what you have written
After 5th September what was the order of the day?
-“Terror was the order of the day”
What was the Jacobin Constitution 1793
-Produced on the 24 June 1793
Established :
- an executive council to replace the King that was subservient to the
-Universal male suffrage
-freedom of speech
-everyone entitled to public assistance- supplying people with work or giving benefits
What happened to the Jacobin Constitution 1793?
-Delayed until after the war: tactical move from the convention to placate the s.c.
