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1
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When was the republic declared?

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22 September 1792

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What significant event occurred on 6 November 1792?

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Girondin victory at Jemappes

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What happened on 16 November 1792?

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River Scheldt free and open

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What decree was made on 16 November 1792?

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Liberty should be established and tyranny demolished

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What was established on 1 November 1792?

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Committee set up to consider King’s fate

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What was discovered on 20 November 1792?

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Armoire de fer

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What happened on 3 December 1792?

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Trial of Louis – Convention acts as judge and jury

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What did Robespierre argue on 4 December 1792?

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Louis needs to die

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9
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What was concluded on 11 December 1792?

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Conduct since EG

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What was determined on 26 December 1792? - what was his defence

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Louis can’t commit treason

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What did the Girondins want on 27 December 1792?

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Referendum

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What was the outcome of the trial from 15-17 January 1793?

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693 guilty, 361 death

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What happened on 20 January 1792?

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Sentence read to Louis

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When was Louis executed?

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21 January 1793

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What was issued on 19 November 1792?

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Edict of Fraternity

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16
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What territory was annexed into France in October 1792?

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Savoy

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What significant action did France take in February 1793?

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Declares war on Great Britain and the United Provinces

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18
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What happened in March 1793?

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Spain joined the war

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19
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What coalition war began in March 1793?

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War of the 1st coalition

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20
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What treaty was signed in February 1792?

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Leopold and Frederick William’s ally treaty

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What defeats did the French face in March 1792?

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Battle of Mons and Battle of Tournai

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What action did France take in April 1792?

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Invade Austrian Netherlands

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What decree was issued in July 1792?

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Decree en Patrie and Brunswick manifesto

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Who commanded the army of the north in August 1792?

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Dumoriez

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What happened in September 1792?
Prussians took Verdun, French won at Valmy
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What occurred in October 1792?
Prussians retreated from Verdun and Longwy
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What did the French achieve in December 1792?
Took Aachen
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What uprising occurred in March 1793?
Risings in the Vendée
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What began in March 1793?
Austrian counter-offensive
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What was the outcome of the French evacuation in March 1793?
France gained some territory on the Rhine, Republic of Mainz
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What happened to Dumoriez in April 1793?
Defects to Austrians
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What happened in June 1793?
British blockade of French ports
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What occurred in July 1793?
French withdrew from Mainz
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What was formed on 14 March 1793?
Catholic and royal army
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What was the Levy in March 1793?
300,000
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What decree was issued on 1 August 1793?
Destruction of the Vendée
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What was sent to the Vendée in September 1793?
100,000 army to destruct
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What happened in October 1793 regarding the Vendée?
Gained the upper hand
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What was the outcome in December 1793?
Destroyed the Vendée
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What was formed in October 1793?
CGS
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What was created in March 1793?
Revolutionary tribunals
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What was the fate of rebels with arms on 14 March 1793?
Executed within 24 hours with no chance at appeal
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What was formed in March 1793?
Committee de surveillance
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What was established in April 1793?
CPS
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What happened on 9-10 March 1793?
Attack on Girondin printing presses
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What happened on 12 April 1793?
Girondins indicted Marat
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What did Robespierre call for on 26 May 1793?
Purging of the convention
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What occurred from 31 May to 2 June 1793?
Purging takes place
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What happened on 2 June 1793?
100,000 surround the convention
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What happened on 29 May 1793?
Jacobins in Lyons forced out
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What was established on 24 June 1793?
New constitution
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When was the constitution ratified?
1794 with a plebiscite
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What was the Levee en masse?
Carried out by Lazare Carnot on 23 August 1793
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What was the size of the French army in 1794?
1 million men at arms and 14 well-trained armies
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What happened to 17 generals in 1793?
Executed
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What victories occurred in September and October 1793?
Siege of Dunkirk lifted and victory at Battle of Wattingnues
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What besieged locations were significant in August 1793?
Landau on the Rhine and Lyons
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What happened in September 1793?
French victory at Honachoote and siege of Dunkirk lifted
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What occurred in October 1793?
Lyons surrenders, French victory at Wattigniers
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What defeat did the French face in November 1793?
Defeated by Prussians at Kaherslautern
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What was the outcome in December 1793?
Vendée rebels defeated, French defeat Austrians
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What happened on 13 July 1793?
Marat killed
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What occurred on 5 September 1793?
S.C. march to convention with demands
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What was introduced on 9 September 1793?
Armées révolutionnaires
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What law was enacted on 17 September 1793?
Law of suspects
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What was established on 29 September 1793?
New general maximum 1790 plus 1/3rd
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What was the Law of 14 Frimaire?
More control CPS, enacted on December 4, 1793
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What did Saint Just do in March 1794?
Denounced Herbertists and indulgent
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What happened on 24 March 1794?
Herbert and 18 associates arrested
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What happened on 5 April 1794?
13 + Desmoulins guillotined
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What campaign was launched in March 1794?
Dechristianisation campaign
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What was established on 7 May 1794?
New state religion
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What law was enacted on 8 May 1794?
Law of 22 Prairial – terror and crimes law
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What happened in July 1794?
Robespierre leaves for 3 weeks
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What significant speech did Robespierre make on 8 Thermidor 1794?
Mean speech
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What happened on 9 Thermidor 1794?
Saint-Just arrives at the convention
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What was the outcome on 10 Thermidor?
Robespierre and 22 others condemned to death, 71 others faced same fate
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What was the total number killed by the end of the Reign of Terror?
40,000 (17,000 Guillotined)

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