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How did Revolution Change the Way France was Governed?Slide2
Political Clubs
There were no political parties like today
Instead people joined political clubs
They could meet to discuss political ideasMembers were also part of the Legislative AssemblyStuck togetherSlide3
Girondists and Jacobins were the 2 most important clubs
Girondists
Jacobins
wanted to end the monarchy but then resisted the extremism of the Revolution.
They came into conflict with The Mountain -a radical faction within the Jacobin Club.
viewed as too conservative
the most radical and ruthless of the political groups
Wanted to execute the king
Helped Robespierre institute the Reign of Terror Slide4
Sans-Culottes
Poor people from Paris and other cities
Supported radicals who wanted to execute the king and aristocrats
Wanted the government to lower prices and supply bread to the poorUsed violence and mobs to support the radicalsSlide5
Fearing the Spread of Revolution
Other European leaders were scared of what was happening in France
Many French aristocrats fled to other countries
Austria openly declared support for the monarchy in 1792France declared war and Jacobins used it to inspire more people to join the revolution in order to save France from foreign oppressionLa Marseillaise composed to inspire the revolution is now the national anthemSlide6
End of the Monarchy
Newly elected government called the National Convention
Decided the king should be tired for his crimes against the country
1792 the Monarchy was abolished and the king was now called Citizen Louis CapetPalace in Paris burned down by a mobSlide7
Trial of Citizen Louis Capet
33 charges laid against him
Constitution of 1791 ignored
Monarch was to be dethroned at the mostLouis argued he would make a constitutional monarchyHe was not believedSlide8
Trial and Execution
Louis Capet charged with Treason
Why?
Use of foreign mercenaries to control crowds before the
fall
of the Bastille
His attempt to flee
His cousin fled to Austria and helped fight the French seen as a plot to restore the monarchy
Found guilty and executed by guillotine Jan 21, 1793
Marie Antoinette executed in Oct 1793Slide9
The Republic of France
The National Convention declared France a Republic
Monarchy was abolished
citizens choose the leaders of their country“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”Slide10
Power Corrupts
Radical Jacobins turned France into a dictatorship
had all of the power
Girondists or moderates were considered enemies of the revolution and imprisonedNo one could speak out against the JacobinsSlide11
Reign of Terror
A period from 1793-1794 when the government was controlled by the Committee for Public Safety
Led by Robespierre
Passed a number of laws designed to intimidate or eliminate oppositionMarie Antoinette the first victim
Public executions
Across France 30,000 people lost their lives.Slide12
Robespierre
Leader of the Committee for Public Safety
Sent anyone who challenged him or the revolution to the guillotine
At least 17000Eventually he was overthrown and arrested by his opponents due to his murderous actionsTried to shoot himself but on shattered his jaw
Executed by guillotine July 28
th
1794Slide13
The Directory
A new government called the Directory created Oct 1795
Administered by a collective leadership of five directors
lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799Days of the equal citizen and revolution were over
Only people with property could vote