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The Republic
  • Preview
  • Main Idea / Reading Focus
  • A Radical Government
  • The Reign of Terror
  • Quick Facts Governments of Revolutionary France

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The Republic
Main Idea An extreme government changed French
society and tried through harsh means to
eliminate its critics within France.
  • Reading Focus
  • What changes did the radical government make in
    French society and politics?
  • What was the Reign of Terror, and how did it end?

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A Radical Government
In 1792, the radical representatives were in
charge of the National Convention. The
constitutional monarchy came to a violent end,
and France became a republic.
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  • Tightening Control
  • Committee of Public Safety set up to manage
    military defense
  • Drafted all able-bodied men between 18 and 45 for
    service
  • Established the Revolutionary Tribunal to protect
    the Revolution
  • Transforming Society
  • Leaders wanted to erase connections to old ways
    of life
  • Clergy members lost positions churches closed in
    Paris
  • Robespierre created the cult of the Supreme Being
  • Metric system was introduced

5
Explain Why did the National Convention want to
change French government and society?
Answer(s) It saw the old government and systems
as oppressive and it wanted to create a better
society.
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The Reign of Terror
  • Course of Revolution
  • Revolutionary leaders feared counterrevolution
    and took drastic actions with accusations,
    trials, and executions. This period was known as
    the Reign of Terror.
  • An Outbreak of Civil War
  • Peasants, essentially conservative, only wanted
    an end to feudal dues.
  • Remaining devoutly Catholic, the Vendée region
    opposed the Revolution in a civil war. The
    government put down the counterrevolution to
    regain control.
  • Accusations and Trials
  • Robespierre used the Revolutionary Tribunal to
    rid the country of dissent.
  • It started with the Girondists, but soon anyone
    who had ever criticized the Revolution, or who
    had connections to the Old Order, was in danger.

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No Escape from the Terror
  • Death by Guillotine
  • Most common sentence - death by guillotine
  • Condemned paraded through Paris in open carts
  • Mobs watched at scaffold executions took less
    than one minute

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Summarize Why was the period of mass executions
called the Reign of Terror?
Answer(s) It was a period of accusations,
trials, and executions that led to a wave of fear.
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