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The French Republic. SWBAT: determine how the early French Revolution progressed from a revolution about enlightenment ideals and political equality to the chaos of the reign of terror.
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The French Republic SWBAT: determine how the early French Revolution progressed from a revolution about enlightenment ideals and political equality to the chaos of the reign of terror. Homework: Committee of Public Safety primary source questions and essay if unfinished in class. The vocab is due Wednesday. Do Now: How did we feel about the project? Like it? Not like it?
Where we left off… • France is at war with Austria and other European powers. • Why?? • While at war, the Legislative Assembly voted itself out of existence and got rid of the Constitution. In its place is the National Convention. • Now, there is no law-making body or laws • The king and his family have been arrested.
The National Convention • Held its first meeting in 1792. • Three distinct groups: • Supporters of the monarchy • Supporters of a republic aka Jacobins • Georges-Jacques Danton, Maximillian Robespierre, and Jean-Paul Marat are big leaders. • Supported neither side • Declared the end of the monarchy and the beginning of the republic. • Brought Louis XVI on charges with plotting against the security of the nation. • Was found guilty and executed. Execution of Louis XVI in Place de la Revolution, 1793
Concerns for Revolutionaries Grows • After the execution of the king, Jacobins started fearing that counterrevolutionaries were going to try and stop the revolution. • Counterrevolutionaries were people who felt that the revolution had gone far enough and many supported the monarchy. • One example of a counterrevolutionary group would be the Catholic Church. • Why do you think that is? • Fears become substantiated: • In July, 1793 one extremist revolutionary, a journalist named Jean Paul Marat, was assassinated by counterrevolutionary Charlotte Corday as he sat in his bathtub treating eczema. • Corday would later be sent to the guillotine for her crimes.
Jacques Louis David“The Death of Marat”1793 "Given that I am unhappy, I have a right to your help"
Committee of Public Safety • Fear of counterrevolutionaries leads to the creation of something new. • In Sept. 1793, the Committee of Public Safety, headed by Maximilian Robespierre, took over the National Convention. • The goal: to make sure that the enemies of the French Revolution did not roll back the gains that had been achieved during the Revolution. • Enemies included: • Royalty and royalists both abroad and within France. • The wealthy. • Counterrevolutionaries.
Activity: Was the main goal of the Committee of Public Safety to “protect the Revolution from its enemies”? • In groups of 2-3, read each source independently and answer the corresponding questions in complete sentences together. • You may discuss the answer with your group, but it is an individual activity. • If you do not finish the activity in class, it is homework.