3.3 Radical days of the Revolution: World History

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After the reign of terror moderated made the constitution of 1795

The constitution created a five man Directory and a two house legislature

Directory

executive branch of gov't. made peace with Prussia and Spain, continued war with Austria and Great Britain, corrupt, put down bread riots

Committee of Public Safety

12 member group with almost absolute power to guide the Republic

nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devolution to one's country or people

What changes occurred in France after the Reign of Terror came to an end?

Moderates freed many of the Jacobins' prisoners, neutralized the power of the Committee for Public Safety, and had many of Robespierre's friends killed.

Marseilles

Port city in France, the French national anthem was named after it

Robespierre

Revolutionary leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror, he was known as incorruptible. later arrest and execution without trial

Why did Robespierre think the Terror was necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution?

Robespierre wanted to wipe out the Old Regime, so he condemned twenty thousand to the guillotine. Reign of Terror was the only way to wipe out Old Regime and re-educate people.

What changes occurred in France because of the French Revolution?

The old social order was dislodged, the monarchy was overthrown and the church was brought under state control. Nationalism spread.

Reign of Terror

The period (1793-1794) of the French Revolution during which thousands of people were executed

suffrage

The right or privilege of voting

What occurred after radicals took control of the Assembly?

They called for the election of a new legislative body called the National Convention.

guillotine

an instrument for beheading with a heavy blade dropped between two grooved uprights, to behead

Napoleon

popular military hero who became ruler of France

National Convention

radical Jacobin governing body that set up a republic, ended the nobility and seized their lands


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