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The French Revolution "Radical" Phase: 1793-1794

The French Revolution "Radical" Phase: 1793-1794. The “Second” French Revolution. The National Convention: Girondin Rule: 1792-1793 Jacobin Rule: 1793-1794 [“Reign of Terror”] Thermidorian Reaction: 1794-1795 The Directory  1795-1799. Attitudes & actions of monarchy & court.

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The French Revolution "Radical" Phase: 1793-1794

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  1. The French Revolution "Radical" Phase: 1793-1794

  2. The “Second” French Revolution • The National Convention: • Girondin Rule: 1792-1793 • Jacobin Rule: 1793-1794[“Reign of Terror”] • Thermidorian Reaction: 1794-1795 • The Directory  1795-1799

  3. Attitudes & actions of monarchy& court Fear ofCounter-Revolution Religiousdivisions The Causes of Instability in France1792 - 1795 Politicaldivisions EconomicCrises War

  4. The Jacobins Jacobin Meeting House • They held their meetings in the library of a former Jacobin monastery in Paris. • Started as a debating society. • Membership mostly middle class. • Created a vast network of clubs.

  5. The Sans-Culottes:The Parisian Working Class • Small shopkeepers. • Tradesmen. • Artisans. They shared many of the ideals of their middle class representatives in government!

  6. Louis XVI’s Head (January 21, 1793) • The trial of the king was hastened by the discovery in a secret cupboard in the Tuilieres of a cache of documents. • They proved conclusively Louis’ knowledge and encouragement of foreign intervention. • The National Convention voted387 to 334 to execute the monarchs.

  7. The Death of “Citizen” Louis Capet Matter for reflectionfor the crowned jugglers. So impure blooddoesn’t soil our land!

  8. Marie Antoinette as a Serpent The “Widow Capet”

  9. Marie Antoinette on the Way to the Guillotine

  10. Marie Antoinette Died in October, 1793

  11. Committee for Public Safety • Revolutionary Tribunals. • 300,000 arrested. • 16,000 – 50,000 executed.

  12. Maximillian Robespierre(1758 – 1794)

  13. Different Social Classes Executed 7% 8% 28% 25% 31%

  14. The “Monster” Guillotine The last guillotine execution in France was in 1939!

  15. The Arrest of Robespierre

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