1. Reform and terror

2. National Assembly “Rights of Man” State-Church Economic
Pay off French debt
Offended Catholics

3. Divided
New constitution with Legislative Assembly as the governing body
How to handle problems/function of gov. splits France
Radicals
No monarchy
Moderates
Some changes
Conservatives
Wanted monarchy

4. War Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria and Prussia
Mobs and riots in Paris
Radicals force depose the King, dissolve assembly, call for new elections
New body is the National Convention
No monarchy
Adult men could vote; no women

5. National Convention King Louis tried for treason
Convicted and beheaded
Drafted citizens for war
Including women

6. Reign of Terror Radical leader Maximilien Robespierre gains power
Committee of Public Safety
De facto dictator of France
Tried enemies
Anyone not as radical as he
40,000 executed
Eventually gets guillotined
The Directory is new gov.
Moderates of upper middle class

8. The Guillotine Originally developed to promote equality
Quick and painless for all
Estimated that head kept hearing and eyesight for 15 minutes
Cruel and unusual?