1. The French Revolution The Republic

2. Warning Remember if you have work that you are missing or never handed in, NOW is the time to get that in for credit! If you are talking during class, you will receive a detention. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

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4. Bellringer How many people do you think died in the French Revolution by execution by the guillotine? Can you think of a news story recently in which beheadings took place? Write it in your notebooks

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7. The Republic Objectives: What changes did the radical government make in French society and politics? What was the Reign of Terror, and how did it end?

8. A Radical Government Factions 1. The Radical Mountain (Montagnards) 2. Moderate Girondins 3. The Plain (swing voters) No group had program or plan of action Personal Rivalries

9. A Radical Government Leaders Marat – sans culottes, advocate of violence Danton – compromiser Robespierre – dedicated radical

10. Executions King put to death by guillotine Europeans reacted with horror Revolution savagery condemned

11. The Republic 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

12. The Republic 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

13. The Reign of Terror Course of Revolution – Revolutionary leaders feared a possible counterrevolution- a revolution against that was established by a revolution – The Mountain began a seires of accusations, trials, and executions known as the Reign of Terror

14. The Reign of Terror An outbreak of Civil War – Peasants only wanted to end feudal dues, they didn’t want a war. Conservative Roman Catholic

15. Outbreak of Civil War Vendée Region of Western France Resisted the new government A counterrevolutionary force called the Catholic and Royal army Supported the Church and monarchy The gov’t crushed them, regained control

16. 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.

18. 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 guillotine video

19. The Terror’s Victims No one was spared Peasants and laborers affected Danton and Robespierre 40,000 executed in 10 months “Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name!”

20. After the Terror France started over with new constitution in 1795 Voting limited to property owners The Directory established High prices, bankruptcy, and citizens’ unrest continued Power vacuum developed