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Good Afternoon!

Good Afternoon!. NVC Jacobins: Tyrants or Revolutionaries? The French Revolution continues… Essential Question : Were the Jacobin leaders of the Reign of Terror power-hungry tyrants or true revolutionaries?.

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Good Afternoon!

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  1. Good Afternoon! • NVC • Jacobins: Tyrants or Revolutionaries? • The French Revolution continues… Essential Question: Were the Jacobin leaders of the Reign of Terror power-hungry tyrants or true revolutionaries?

  2. Were the Jacobin leaders of the Reign of Terror power-hungry tyrants or true revolutionaries?

  3. Tyrants or Revolutionaries? Maximillien Robespierre • Tyrants • Over 30,000 executed in two years • No one was safe • Revolutionaries • Helped feed the poor • Defeated invading Austrians and Prussians • Terror’s End • July 1794 ROBESPIERRE executed

  4. French Revolution Continues • The Directory • new moderate republic led by bourgeoisie comes after the Jacobins • Appoints Napoleon Bonaparte commander of new army • Directory is weak and unpopular • Coup d’etat: 1799 Napoleon overthrows Directory and seizes power

  5. Exit Ticket • Briefly define each term/event and why it is important: • Tennis Court Oath • Storming of the Bastille • Great Fear • Women’s March on Versailles • Reign of Terror

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