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Brunswick Manifesto and storming the Tuileries
The Brunswick Manifesto was a document that was intended to protect the king and his family. This document is significant because it encouraged the revolutionaries to keep away from the monarchy and ensured the safety of the royal family. The document also was essentially a threat to the people of France. The revolutionaries were angered by this document, and it basically prompted them to storm the Tuileries and imprison the royal family the next month after the Brunswick Manifesto was published -
September Massacres
The September Masscres were mass killing in response to rumors of a counterrevolutionary effort. The French mobs stormed all the French prisons and killed over 1,000 prisoners. The September Massacres ushered in the revolutionary radicalism. -
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The French National Convention
This was the fourth form of government that lasted for about two years and was established by universal suffrage for men. The national conviention was very harsh when dealing with punishments for the internal problems of France. Louis the Fourteenth was sentenced to death and there was religion was soon incorperated in the law. -
Louis XVI Executed
Louis XVI was killed via guillotine for hes crime of counterrevolution; going against the revolution which the peasants started. -
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Committee of Public Safety
The chief executive of France from 1793-1795, the Committee of Public Safety was responsible for enforcing the law along with the conduct of war and overseeing of government agencies. It was known as the Great Committee and made up of 12 men, who were each given tasks pertaining to their expertise. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period between 1793-1794 where the guillotine executed many because they were suspected of being counterrevolutionaries. The reign began in 1793 after the assembling of the Committee of Public Safety and the Revolutionary Tribunal, a group that tried suspected counterrevolutionaries. The guillotine was used to behead many, while the acquitted were sent to prison, where many died. It was a time of violence and fear. -
Dechristianization
The National Convention forced dechristianization, which split the nation. Part of the nation supported priest who would not take an oath to the nation and the other part supported priest who submitted to the nation. In May of 1794 Robespierre led the Convention to adopt the Cult of the Supreme Being, which peaked the religious chaos. -
The Thermidorian Reaction
Maximilien Robespierre was one of 12 administrators in the Committee of Public Safety, which instituded the Reign of Terror. Robespierre was one of the main leaders in the Reign of Terror. On July 27, 1794, the Convention overthrew Robespierre and his supporters. This was called the Thermidorian Reaction and led to an end in the Reign of Terror.
