World History Notes Chapter 18 Section3 
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- a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country, spread throughout France.
Marseilles-A port city in France
At the revolution continued, dismal news about the war abroad heightened tensions
Well- trained Prussian forces were cutting down raw French recruits.
Royalist offices were deserting the French army, by joining emigres and others hoping to restore the king’s power.
On August 10, 1792, a crowd of Persians stormed the royal place of the Tuileries and slaughtered the king’s guards.
The royal family fled to the Legislative Assembly, escaping before the mob arrived.
A month later citizens attacked prisons that held nobles and priests accused of political offenses
Backed by Paris crowds radicals then took control of the Assembly.
The convention that men in September 1792 was a more radical body then earlier assemblies.
It voted abolish the monarchy and establish a republic for the French Republic.
The Jacobins, who controlled the convention set out to erase all traces of the old order.
They seized lands of nobles and abolished titles of nobility.
During the early months of the Republic, the Convection put Luis XVI on trail as a traitor to France.
By early 1793 danger threatened France on all sides
The country was at war with much of Europe including Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, and Prussia.
To deal with the threats to France the Convention created the Committee of Public Safety.
The committee prepared France for all out war issuing a
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- a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country, spread throughout France.
Marseilles-A port city in France
At the revolution continued, dismal news about the war abroad heightened tensions
Well- trained Prussian forces were cutting down raw French recruits.
Royalist offices were deserting the French army, by joining emigres and others hoping to restore the king’s power.
On August 10, 1792, a crowd of Persians stormed the royal place of the Tuileries and slaughtered the king’s guards.
The royal family fled to the Legislative Assembly, escaping before the mob arrived.
A month later citizens attacked prisons that held nobles and priests accused of political offenses
Backed by Paris crowds radicals then took control of the Assembly.
The convention that men in September 1792 was a more radical body then earlier assemblies.
It voted abolish the monarchy and establish a republic for the French Republic.
The Jacobins, who controlled the convention set out to erase all traces of the old order.
They seized lands of nobles and abolished titles of nobility.
During the early months of the Republic, the Convection put Luis XVI on trail as a traitor to France.
By early 1793 danger threatened France on all sides
The country was at war with much of Europe including Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, and Prussia.
To deal with the threats to France the Convention created the Committee of Public Safety.
The committee prepared France for all out war issuing a