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ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CONVENTION
France was proclaimed a republic, therefore abolishing the monarchy and installing republicanism whose members were mainly Jacobians and republicans that were well-educated middle class. -
OCCUPATION OF NETHERLANDS
The battle of Jemappes resulted in the first major victory for France and resulted in the occupation of the entire Austrian Netherlands -
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TREASON OF LOUIS XVI
Louis XVI was put on trial for treason and was to go on trial. Louis was found guilty and had his future to be decided by a vote. There were 721 voters in total. 34 voted for death with attached conditions, 2 voted for life imprisonment in irons, 319 voted for imprisonment until the end of the war (to be followed by banishment). 361 voted for death without conditions, just carrying the vote by a marginal majority. Louis was executed on January 21st. -
DECLARING WARS LEFT AND RIGHT
The National Convention declared war on Britain, Holland, and Spain. Adding on to their ongoing war with Austria and Prussia. (first coalition as a result) -
ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Committee assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion. That was led by Maximilien Robespeirre. -
"THE MOUNTAIN"
The Mountain (Jacobians) supported the Sans-colouttes ousted the Girondins, believing that the Girondins would ally with conservatives and royalists to retain power. Which they did to a degree when the Enragés (radical working class leaders in Paris) arrested 31 Girondist members of National Convention, leaving Mountain in charge. -
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REIGN OF TERROR
A period of violence that occurred , incited by conflict between two rival "parties", the Girondins and Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". Where law of suspects (alleged enemies of the revolution) were brought before the Revolutionary Tribunals that were created to hear cases of treason. It reached a point when no one could feel safe from Robespierre leading Jacobins who opposed Robespierre were eventually executed. Danton was executed in April 1794. -
THERMIDORIAN REACTION
A coup d'état within the French Revolution against the leaders of the Jacobin Club who had dominated the Committee of Public Safety. It was triggered by a vote of the National Convention to execute Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, and several other leading members of the revolutionary government. This ended the most radical phase of the French Revolution. -
CONSTITUTION OF YEAR III
This Constitution established the Directory, a five-member directory team made the executive to govern france. -
CHALLENGES TO THE DIRECTORY
Aristocracy attempted a royal uprising that was stopped with the help of Napoleon Bonaparte which was caused due to the fact that in the constitution it said that ⅔ of men elected to the legislature had to be ex-members of the National Convention (1789-91). Which resulted in the constitutional republic making itself dependent on military protection. Sa-culottes criticized the government and their policies but was lacking the authority to do anything. -
“TISSOT” ARRESTED
François-Noël Babeuf who led the “Conspiracy of Equals” (a faction against the government) was using the pseudonym “Tissot” for protection was arrested. -
BYE BABEUF
Babeuf trial started at Vendôme -
CONDEMNED
Babeuf is condemned to death while some of his fellow followers were either deported or acquitted -
DEAD MAN
Babeuf was guillotined. -
COUP OF 18 BRUMARIE
The overthrow of the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted with the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution.