World History Notes Chapter 18 Section 3 Coach King Cierra Butler A Period Suffrage- the right to vote Robespierre- a shrewd lawyer and politician‚ quickly rose to the leadership of the Committee of Public Safety. Reign of Terror- which lasted from September 1793 to July 1794. Guillotine- the engine of the terror‚ its fast-falling blade extinguished life instantly. Napoleon Bonaparte- a popular military hero who had won a series of brilliant victories against the Austrians in Italy. Nationalism-
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Explain the key features of ‘The Terror’ The Terror was a phase during the French Revolution when many people of France were executed for supposedly being ‘Enemies of the Revolution’. The Committee of Public Safety were behind most of the deaths and they were lead mainly by Maximilien de Robespierre. The greatest factors of the Terror were the revolution itself‚ internal political rivalry‚ social and economic problems‚ wars‚ leadership‚ violence and the Thermidorian reaction. These can be broadly
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to draft a new constitution‚ but it also served as the new ruling body of France. It was dominated by lawyers‚ professionals‚ and property owners. To meet the crises‚ the National Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 known as the Committee of Public Safety. The Rise of Napoleon and his role in the French Revolution is complex. In one sense‚ he brought it to an end when he came to power in 1799. Napoleon was born in 1769 in Corsica‚ an island in the Mediterranean‚ only a few months
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In Lyon‚ another secessionist movement opposed the authority of the radical government in Paris‚ and there was agitation in several cities in the south and southwest. The country was also in economic crisis. In August and September‚ the Committee of Public Safety‚ which governed the Republic‚ instituted a series of sweeping reforms to deal with the emergency situation. A Revolutionary Tribunal (court) was enlarged‚ and a law of suspects was passed that legalized local revolutionary committees. Troops
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poor"[Robespierre pg49]. He was the speaker of the poor and was a heroic champion of the poor. In addition Robespierre argued that the rights of man should extend to all man including the poor and the slaves. He was also a well know member of the Committee of Public Safety and he made a solid commitment to transforming France into a republic of Virtue[mtholyoke]. As Robespierre gained more power and almost gained absolute power he was no longer the good man he once was. He became corrupted and was becoming
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Robespierre came to power as the head of the committee of public safety even though he had no other government experience. He was a radical nationalist and believed that his morality was incorruptible. After the tennis court oath Robespierre began to rise in popularity in the Jacobins club. Robespierre leaded by doing‚ he viciously attacked the views of the Girondists‚ Hebertists‚ and the Dantonists. When appointed to the committee of public safety he began to see any attack on his leadership as
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during the Reign of Terror of 1793–94. The public was frustrated that the social equality and anti-poverty measures that the Revolution originally promised were not coming to fruition. Jacques Roux’s Manifesto of the Enraged in 25 June 1793 describes the extent to which‚ four years into the Revolution‚ these goals were largely unattained by the common people.[6] The foundation of the Terror is centered on the April 1793 creation of the Committee of Public Safety and its militant Jacobin delegates. The
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between the rural and urban populations in order to mobilize the country for war. The Jacobin government‘s means for persuasion-combined policies meant to address grievances while using tactics of intimidation and coercion. The Committee of Public Safety was the executive committee of the National Convention in power and ordered mass arrests of anyone thought to be a threat to the national security. Internal enemies included deserters as well as citizens expressing disagreement with the revolutionary
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ironically only four years later a man of great strength would take control of France and begin the Reign of Terror‚ this man was Maximilien Robespierre. Robespierre was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror. He was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ the executive committee of the National Convention‚ and the most powerful man in France (“History Wiz”). To avert the possibility of a counter-revolution‚ the guards would send people to the guillotines with no remorse. Evidence was rarely needed to
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Jacobin leaders (including Robespierre and St. Just) were elected by the National Convention to oversee the Committee of Public Safety – a committee designed to implicate and eradicate internal and external threats to the French state during the Revolution. They were able to maintain political power over this institution until the summer of 1794 by way of fear and intimidation
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