Terror 1793-94 Flashcards
Committee of General Security
(1792) Founded by the National Convention
- directed the political police and Revolutionary justice.
- the committee administered the Reign of Terror of 1793–94
When was the revolutionary tribunal set up ?
10 March 1793
What task did the revolutionary tribunal have?
To try counter revolutionary suspects and intended to prevent massacres like sept 1792
It was the main instrument of the terror
When was the CPS set up?
1793
What was purpose of CPS?
formed the provisional government and war cabinet during the Reign of Terror
Where was the most serious federal revolt?
The naval base of Toulon
There was an uprising which overthrew the town council and closed the jacobin club
What was the levee en masse?
Decreed 23 August 1793
Form of conscription
* Until enemies of France had been expelled all Frenchmen were called to fight - unmarried men between 18 and 25 called
* Nations resources put at government disposal for war
When was the general maximum passed ?
sept 1793
What did the general maximum include ?
It was passed to control prices
negative of the maximum
Peasants hated it as the rate was below the cost of production
Farmers stopped sowing if they couldn’t make a profit
How many cases did the tribunal hold up to 1793?
260 cases and pronounced 66 death sentences
When was law of suspects passed ?
September 1793
What did law of suspects declare
Anyone suspected of counter revolution or undermining the Republic could be arrested and held without trial
Mass arrest of suspects took place around half a million
What did dechristianisation involve ?
Churches were closed
Church bells and silver removed
Roadside shrines and crosses destroyed
Paris commune stopped paying clerical salaries in May 1793 and November ordered all churches in Paris to close
Priests forced to renounce priesthood and some compelled to marry
Who was involved in dechristianisation ?
Not an official govt policy
Idea came from sans culottes in Paris commune
Rev armies and representatives on mission
They hated Catholicism
