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The French Revolution, 1789 - 1815: The Radical Phase - The Terror

The French Revolution, 1789 - 1815: The Radical Phase - The Terror. AP European History A ndrostic 2012-2013. Overview. The second phase is the most radical phase of the revolution They will try to remake every aspect of life in France Topics The Second Revolution The Terror

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The French Revolution, 1789 - 1815: The Radical Phase - The Terror

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  1. The French Revolution, 1789 - 1815:The Radical Phase - The Terror AP European History Androstic 2012-2013

  2. Overview The second phase is the most radical phase of the revolution They will try to remake every aspect of life in France Topics The Second Revolution The Terror End of the Terror

  3. The Second Revolution

  4. The “Second” Revolution, August 10, 1792 Suffering of the poor The War Going badly for France Brunswick Manifesto Storming the Tuilleries Paris Commune

  5. Sans Culottes They were small traders, peasants, and artisans. Working class

  6. Beginnings Threat of Invasion by Austria & Prussia over Battle of Valmy Convention Divided into warring factions National Convention

  7. The Political Spectrum TODAY: 1790s: The Plain(swing votes) Montagnards(“The Mountain”) Girondists Monarchíen(Royalists) Jacobins

  8. Execution of the King January 21, 1793

  9. The Terror

  10. Background to the Terror War was again going badly for France Fear of Disunity Brings…. Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible. -- Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre

  11. The Terror Goal: Repress counter-revolution To do this, need to reorganize France Committee of Public Safety Levee en masse Price controls and centralized authority Tried to create a perfect republic of virtue Revolutionary Tribunals arrested 300,00 an executed between 16,000 to 50,000

  12. New Calendar

  13. New Years

  14. The Cult of Reason Come, holy Liberty, inhabit this temple, Become the goddess of the French people.

  15. End of the Terror War in Belgium was going well No longer a need for the Committee of Public Safety Thermidorian Rebellion Killed Robespierre Insurrection of May 1795 9 Thermidor, 1795 “Down with the Tyrant”

  16. Summary The radicals tried to remake France into the perfect, rational Enlightenment state Their program failed, and the people desired a more conservative government

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