The Thermidorean reaction Flashcards
(11 cards)
What happened to the Law of 22 Prarial on the 1st August (14 Thermidor)?
-Law of 22 Prairial was repealed and manh held under its terms were released from the prisons
What deescalated the terror?
-31 July (13 Thermidor) : vacancies in the CPS and CGS filled with moderates
-Fouquier-Tinville, public prosecutor was arrested and then after 41-day trial was guillotined with 15 of his men
-10 August: The revolutionary tribunal was reoganised and guillotining was reduced and exile to Guiana more frequently used
What did the law of revoltionary government do on the 24 August 1794
-revolutionary committees reduced from to 1 per departement (used to be 12 in Paris) -reduced s.c. power
-Convention was put in the hands of 16 committees :25% of members changed each month and weakened CPS
What happened to the Paris commune on the 31st August 1794?
-Powers were reduced alongside the rest of the government
-Completely abolished in 1795
What happened to the church on the 18th September 1794?
-Church and state separated- they no longer paid clergyman’s wages
What happened to the Jacobin club on the 12 November 1794?
-Shut down and abolished
What happened to the Law of General maximum on the 24 December 1794?
-Law of General Maximum was repealed
When was religious toleration proclaimed again in France?
-February 1795 (still some restraints on Catholic practicies)
When were representatives en mission abolished and Revolutionary tribunal?
-representatives en mission: April 1795
Revolutionary tribunal: May 1795 (after a year of only 63 guilotinings)
When was the Law of Suspects repealed?
-October 1795
Who were the 3 most prominent thermidoreans?
-Tallien
-Fouche
-Barras
