Reign of Terror

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  • Reign of Terror

    What happened during the Reign of Terror
    On June 7, 1793, Paris sections took over the Convention calling for administrative and political purges, a low fixed price for bread, and a limitation of the electoral franchise to sans-culottes alone. Who was in charge
    Robespierre Who does this leader look to for ideas concerning the French Revolution
    Himself

  • Fall of Robespierre

    How does Robespierre fall from power
    Thermidorian Reaction

  • Girondin

    Who are the Girondins
    Members of the Jacobins What is their role during the French Revolution
    Legislative Assembly from October 1791 to September 1792 during the French Revolution.

  • Committee for Public Safety

    What or who is the committee for public safety
    Political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror (September 1793 to July 1794).

  • Guillotine

    What is the Guillotine
    A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

  • Thermidorian Reaction

    What happens during Thermidorian Reaction
    In the French Revolution, the parliamentary revolt initiated on 9 Thermidor, year II (July 27, 1794), which resulted in the fall of Maximilien Robespierre and the collapse of revolutionary fervour and the Reign of Terror in France.

  • The French Republic

    What is the French Republic
    A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

  • The Jacobins

    Who are they
    The Jacobins were a political organization during the French Revolution. What did they get taken over
    They gained control over the Congress of Deputies, and then the Committee for Public Safety, which had become a sort of executive branch for the legislature.

  • Robespierre

    Who is Robespierre
    Maximilien Robespierre was one of the most famous of the French Revolutionists. He was one of the most driving forces behind the support of the execution of King Louis XVI What does he do during the French Revolution
    He basically started the "the reign of terror". many people were beheaded or killed if they went against him. It was bad