1. The Reign of Terror

2. National Assembly (1789)
Legislative Assembly (1791)
War with Austria & Prussia (1792)
Radical Execute King & declare Republic (1793)
National Convention
The Reign of Terror Begins

3. National Convention France is a Republic with no real Government
Different factions fight for POWER

4. Jacobins Most radical of reformers in France
They sentence Louis XVI to death
January 1793 he is executed

5. Maximilien Robespierre
Assumes leadership of Jacobins
Sought to create a “Republic of Virtue”
Slowly gained power

6. Committee of Public Safety
Decided who was PUBLIC ENEMY
July 1793-July 1794 Robespierre becomes a virtual dictator
Execute anyone who is viewed as a threat!!

7. Reign of Terror 1-Year in Length 3,000 executed in Paris
July 1793-July 1794
3,000 executed in Paris
Marie Antoinette executed
Up to 40,000 total

9. Marie Antoinette’s
Last Words?

10. The Directory July 1794 Robespierre executed
People are tired of the Terror
National Assembly forms a new body called The Directory
This body puts Napoleon in charge of the Army