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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. -
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). -
The French Republic
What is the French Republic
A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe -
Guillotine
What is the Guillotine
A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. How many people has it been estimated to have killed during the French Revolution
20,000 to 40,000 Who created the Guillotine
Antoine Louis -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
Fall of Robespierre
How does Robespierre fall from power
Thermidorian Reaction