1. The Reign of Terror

2. Louis XVI tries to RUN Louis XVI tries to ESCAPE to Austria
June 1791, he is caught and put under house arrest
Legislative Assembly seizes more power

3. Factions of the Legislative Assembly
Radicals Moderates Conservatives
Opposed King
& Monarchy
Demanded a
Republic
Favored some
Changes
Favored limited monarchy

4. die because the nation must live!”
Jacobins
What: The most radical group of reformers in France
Robespierre
“Louis XVI must
die because the nation must live!”
Dec. 1792
Danton
Marat

5. Legislative Assembly Declares War on Austria
Radicals wanted to expand French Revolution to all of Europe
Austria & Prussia thought it could help Louis XVI
warned France NOT to hurt the KING

6. Anarchy in Paris The Legislative Assembly responds:
1792: As the Prussian troops approached Paris, people rioted—Paris fell into anarchy
The Legislative Assembly responds:
Proposed idea of a REPUBLIC
The King was “deposed”
Dissolved itself & set aside Constitution
Called for “new” elections
Sans-culottes lead way to victory

7. National Convention What: a new assembly elected in France
mostly middle class (only 70 of 750 are nobles/clergy)
Different political factions fight for POWER
Foreign Powers threaten Paris (Prussia, Austria etc..)
Great Britain, Holland & Spain join fight against France
National Convention orders a draft into the army

8. die because the nation must live!”
Louis XVI Executed
Jacobins put Louis XVI on trial for treason
He is sentenced to death
January 1793 he is executed
“Louis XVI must
die because the nation must live!”
Dec. 1792

9. Maximilien Robespierre
Assumes leadership of Jacobins
Believed force & violence were needed to “wipe out” all evidence of France’s monarchy
Sought to create a “Republic of Virtue”

10. A Republic of Virtue or Reign of Terror?
Primary Source Reading Analysis
A Republic of Virtue or Reign of Terror?

11. Committee of Public Safety
12 person committee elected by National Convention
Robespierre becomes a virtual dictator
July 1793-July 1794
Execute people viewed as threat to Republic
People often related to monarchy or nobility

12. Road to Terror National Assembly (1789) Legislative Assembly (1791)
War with Austria & Prussia (1792)
Radicals declare Republic & execute King (1793)
National Convention
The Reign of Terror ( )

13. Video Continued

14. Stages of Revolution
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6

15. Reign of Terror 1-Year in Length Robespierre’s execution marks end
July July 1794
Robespierre’s execution marks end
July 1794
3,000 executed in Paris
Up to 40,000 total deaths

16. The Directory
After Reign of Terror => National Convention forms a new legislative body: The Directory
Directory puts Napoleon in charge of Army

17. Revolution: 1789-1794 Was it worth it?
Philosophes
National
Assembly
Legislative
Assembly
National
Convention
Reign
Of Terror

18. Marie Antoinette’s
Last Words?