1. REIGN OF TERROR
DBQ PACKET
ANSWERS

2. Document A
For nearly two years, France was a constitutional monarchy. What kind of Government is that?
A form of government in which the power of the monarch is limited by a parliament, by law, or by custom.

3. Document A
2. How many months was it between the guillotining of Louis XVI and the guillotining of Robespierre? 18

4. Document A
3. Why did the revolutionary government in Paris need a military draft in 1793?
War with Prussia and Austria
Counterrevolutionary revolts inside France

5. Document A
4. What evidence is there that the revolutionary government that supported the Reign of Terror also supported human rights?
1794-All slavery in French colonies abolished
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen*
* Not on timeline

6. Document A ( #4 continued)
4. What evidence is there that the government that supported the Reign of Terror denied human rights?
Tribunal of Public Safety
Forced military drafts
Christian churches closed by government
Government denies legal counsel to enemies of revolution

7. Document A
5. What evidence is there that the Reign of Terror was successful in fighting both enemies inside France(counter revolutionaries) and foreign enemies?
1793 (Dec.) Counter - revolution in western France near collapse
1794 ( April /May) French Victory over foreign enemies nearly complete

8. Prussia and Austria Document B
1. With which countries was France at war in and 1794?
Prussia and Austria

9. Document B Longwy and Verdun
2. Which major cities did the French lose in 1792?
Longwy and Verdun

10. Document B
3. Why was Austria so concerned about the possible spread of the French Revolution?
That revolution might spread to it’s own country
Concern about safety of Marie Antoinette

11. Document B 4. How did émigrés threaten France?
Formed armies and allied themselves with France’s foreign enemies

12. Document B
5. Based on this document, do you think executing French supporters of the Austrian and Prussian monarchies was justified? Explain
Answers will vary. Credit if some sort of explanation is given

13. Document C 1. What do the shaded areas represent on this map?
Areas of resistance to the revolutionary government

14. Document C
2. What was the levee en masse?
A military draft

15. Document C
3. What did the government do to religious property in Auxerre, France
Carried a copper cross mockingly, upside down on a cart and offering it to passers-by to spit on

16. Document C 4. Why do you think so many people were killed in in 1793?
Fierce opposition to the draft and desire to save the Church from destruction by Revolution

17. Document C
5. How could you use this document to show the reign of terror was justified or not justified?
Answers will vary. Credit if some sort of explanation is given

18. Document D
1.When was this letter written?
August 25, 1793

19. Document D 2. Who wrote the letter and to whom?
Local government official
Sent to National Convention in Paris

20. Document D 3. What is the purpose of the letter?
The writer is asking for more extreme measures for fighting the counter- revolutionaries

21. Document D
4. Is there any evidence that helps you measure the size of the revolt? Explain.
Three thousand national guards needed to establish order
6 patriots and 40 counter- revolutionaries killed

22. Document D
5. How could you use this document to argue that the Reign of Terror was justified or not justified?
Answers will vary. Credit if some sort of explanation is given

23. Document E
1. Is this a primary or secondary source?
Secondary

24. Document E
2.What was the purpose of the Tribunal and how ere the judges chosen?
To try all crimes against the state
Judges chosen by the National Convention

25. Document E
3. What was the purpose of the watch committees?
Find and get rid of foreigners suspected of counter- revolutionary activities

26. Document E
4. What sort of activities could get a person in trouble with the Committee of Public Safety
Criticism spoken against the government

27. Document E
5. How many people were executed by commissions in the countryside?
35,000 – 40,000

28. Document E
6. Do you think the activities of the Tribunal and the Committee of Public Safety were justified?
Answers will vary. Credit if some sort of explanation is given

29. Document F
1. What was the date of this event?
January 21, 1793

30. Document F
2. Whose head is the executioner holding?
Louis XVI

31. Document F
3. Where is the execution
Paris
City Center
Town

32. 4. Describe the crowd in attendance
Document F
4. Describe the crowd in attendance
Cries of joy
Arm in arm
Laughing and chatting
Like a festival
80, 000 armed men

33. Document F
5. How could you use this document to argue that the Reign of Terror was justified or not justified?
Answers will vary. Credit if some sort of explanation is given

34. Document G
1. According to Robespierre, what are the goals of the war and the revolution.
Lay foundations of democracy
Peaceful reign of constitutional law

35. Document G
2. Who should the government protect, according to Robespierre?
Peaceful citizens
“republicans”

36. Document G
3. What does Robespierre mean by “internal” and “external” enemies of the Republic
Internal: counter revolutionaries or royalists
External: (Prussia and Austria) conspirators

37. Document G
4. What does Robespierre believe should be done to enemies of the republic
“smother”: destroy, kill, get rid of

38. Document G
5. How could you use this document to argue that the Reign of Terror was justified or not justified?
Answers will vary. Credit if some sort of explanation is given