The Terror Flashcards
(54 cards)
when was Louis XVI executed?
20th January 1793
between 1792-1794 how many victims of the terror were there? how many were guillotined?
40,000 with 17,000 guillotined
when was the Law of Suspects? what was it?
17 September 1793- this defined the enemies of the people and revolution
what were show trials?
public executions of high profile figures such as the king, Marie Antoinette
how many of the executions in the first phase of the terror were nobility and clergy?
9% nobility and 7% clergy
when was Marie Antoinette executed?
16 October 1793
when was the revolutionary tribunal set up?
march 1793
when was the summary execution decree? what was it?
19 march 1793- rebels bearing arms could be executed without appeal within 24 hours
when was the committee of public safety (CPS) established? what did it do?
6 April 1793- had responsibility of conduct of war, diplomacy, and revolutionary laws. it had authority over the CGS
when was Marat arrested and acquitted for inciting murder?
April 1793
when did Robespierre call for a rising against corrupt deputies?
26 may 1793
when were the Jacobin leaders in Lyons forced out of office?
29 may 1793
when did the sans culottes surround the convention to demand the expulsion of the girondin?
31 May- 2 June 1793
how many sans culottes surrounded the convention to demand expulsion? what happened?
2 June 1793- 80,000-100,000 S-C surrounded convention and 29 girondin deputies arrested and expelled
how many departments protested the expulsion of the girondin?
60/83
when was the Montagnard Constitution published what did it state?
24 June 1793- never implemented but would allow all adult males to vote ( constitution of 1793)
When was Marat murdered?
13 July 1793
when was the levee en masse decreed? what was it?
23 august 1793- all men aged 18-25 to give military service, women to make tents and serve in hospitals
when did the s-c march on the convention demanding lower bread prices and attack on grain hoarders?
5 September 1793
what was the s-c paramilitary armee revolutionnaire?
established on 9 September to force farmers to Surrender grain and attack hoarders
when was the Law of General Maximum? what was it?
29 September 1793- set minimum price for grain and flour act. and imposed wage regulations
when did dechristianisation become an official policy of Paris commune?
October 1793
when was the new revolutionary calendar introduced?
October 1793
when was the trial of the 21 expelled girondin?
24 October and were executed on 31 October 1793
