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Brunsick Manifesto
-Charles William Ferdinand (Duke of Brunswick) gave a threatening proclamation to the French
-proclamation said that if the royals were harmed, the French civilians would be harmed (by the allies: Austria and Prussia)
-helped radicalize the revolution/ spurred revolutionaries to organize uprisings -
Storming of the Tuilieries
-end of the French Bourban Monarchy
-brought on by the Brunswick Manifesto
-result: -insurrectionary Paris Commune demanded and recieved custody of the royal family
-instigated September Massacres -
September Massacres
-mob of violence that overtook Paris and killed about 1200 trapped prisoners
-sporadic violence against the Roman Catholic Church continues throughout revolution -
Execution of Loius XVI
On January 20, 1793, King Louis XVI was sentenced to be put to death the next day. He traveled two hours from his place to Paris, to Place de la Révolution, where he was to be executed. This had significance in ended to old way of government and making way for the National Assembly. -
Committee of Public Safety
Who: 12 man committee filled of Girondins and Montagnards
What: Exectutive branch of the revolutionary government
Why: Louis XVI was beheaded, so the committee was made to act as an executive branch -
Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety, or Comité de salut public, was created in April of 1793, and was restructured in July to be the excutive branch during the Reign of Terror. The Committee, conposed first of nine members, then twelve, was created to take the place of Committee of General Defence and would act to protect France from foreign attacks and internal rebellion. It also look over the military, judicial, and legislative efforts. -
Reign of Terror
Who: Committee of Public Safety
What: Assumed enemies of the revolution were executed
Why: To kill anyone who disagreed with the revolution, including many nobles and priests. -
Dechristianization
- There many laws passed over a series of months that greatly reduced the power of the Catholic church, eventually omitting most christain
- Most priest and church workers were exiled or put to death
- It is important to the Revolution because it ended one of the most powerful parts of France
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Thermidorian Reaction/End of the Reign of Terror
- Robespierre was executed by the rebels
- They decided that he had taken his power to far, and they decided to execute the "tyrant", many other radical politicians were executed
- It was important because it marked the end of teh most radical part of the French Revolution and it caused another change in the government
