T3: The Great Terror 1794

Question 1

when was the Great Terror?

Answer 1

10 June- 27 July 1794

Question 2

when was a General Police Bureau created?

Answer 2

March 1794

Question 3

who did the General Police Bureau answer to, what did this mean?

Answer 3

reported directly to Robespierre, powerful weapon with which could arrest opponents

Question 4

ways which the CPS broadened control after the purging of opponents?

Answer 4

• Paris Commune filled with Robespierre supporters
• non-Jacobin clubs were closed down e.g. Cordeliers
• Paris armee revolutionnaire closed
• reps on mission recalled to Paris

Question 5

when were there assassination attempts on Robespierre?

Answer 5

23 + 24 May 1794

Question 6

what was the effect of the assassination attempts?

Answer 6

Robespierre paranoid

Question 7

what law is also known as the ‘Law of the Great Terror’?

Answer 7

the Law of 22 Prairial

Question 8

when was the Law of Prairial passed?

Answer 8

10 June 1794

Question 9

what did the Law of Prairial do?

Answer 9

deemed that defence was no longer necessary in a trial
juries could also make decisions based on their moral judgements of the defendants

Question 10

why is the period of June-July 1794 known as the Great Terror?

Answer 10

period when process of revolutionary justice was most severe

Question 11

how many people did the Revolutionary Tribunal send to the guillotine in June and July 1794? what is the significance of this number?

Answer 11

1,600

figure over 50% higher than the previous 14 months put together