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Radical Days of the Revolution

Radical Days of the Revolution. By Austin Aguinaldo. The Monarchy Is Abolished. Tensions Lead to Violence August 10, 1792 Parisians storm Tuileries and slaughtered the king’s guards Radicals Take Control and Execute the King

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Radical Days of the Revolution

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  1. Radical Days of the Revolution By Austin Aguinaldo

  2. The Monarchy Is Abolished Tensions Lead to Violence • August 10, 1792 Parisians storm Tuileries and slaughtered the king’s guards Radicals Take Control and Execute the King • Radicals called for the election of a new legislative body called the National Convention. • Suffrage, the right to vote, was extended to all male citizens • The Convention met in September 1792. They voted to abolish monarchy and establish a French Republic • Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were sentenced to death

  3. Terror and Danger Grip France The Convention Creates a New Committee • In 1793, France was at war with all of Europe and the Convention was divided between the Jacobins and Girondins • The Convention created the Committee of Public Safety, which had 12 members that had absolute power Robespierre “the Incorruptible” • Maximilien Robespierre guided the government against counterrevolutionaries. He also wanted to abolish slavery, tolerate all religions, and believed in Rousseau’s ideas The Guillotine Defines the Reign of Terror • Robespierre was a chief architect of the Reign of Terror. Reign of Terror lasted from September 1793 to July 1794 • Robespierre was executed because he was executing too many people

  4. Napoleon Bonaparte • Was a popular French military hero. He outwitted the government and became the ruler of France. • He was one of the most memorable historic figures and was known for being a shorty

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