The rising in the vendee

Question 1

why was there a rising in the vendee

Answer 1

• Area in central west france
• Close to the sites of the chouan uprising
  rural, conservative catholic area with lots of refractory priest
• Selling of church land had brought in bourgeoisie land owner who raised rent
• At time of inflation and disrupted food supplies this left the peasants worse off than they had been under the ancien regime
• Local noblemen also disliked the revolution and were of military experience with the skills to organise an army
• Uprising began as a protest against the levy for 300,000 men

Question 2

what were the vendeens asking for

Answer 2

• a restoration of the monarchy
• a restoration of the catholic state

Question 3

what happened at the rising in the vendee

Answer 3

• Catholic and royal army of the vendee was formed on 14th march
• Cholet was seized
• Massacres of local officials, juring priests and national guards
• Guerilla warfare spread through the countryside
• Continued to spread and by june the rebels had seized loire, angers, saumur and were advising towards paris

Question 4

convention response

Answer 4

• Convention forced to send 30,000 men from the front line in may in an attempt to control the rebellion
• military force and political repression
• burned villages
• executed prisoner
• massacres