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Class:HIST 1132 - World Civilization & Soc II
Subject:History
University:Georgia College & State University
Term:Spring 2010
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commune illegal government that becomes the government in the city of Paris. Radicals are in charge of it. They called for new elections and a constitutional convention to rewrite the constitution.
guillotine a device used to execute people by decapitating their heads. it was created as a faster method of execution because hanging was too slow.
Constitutional Convention (Jan. 1793) The Convention... a. brought Louis XVI to trial for treason and found him guilty. they executed him b. established the committee of public safety
Committee of Public Safety a. acted as a war cabinet b. had all power in government authority c. established watch committees d. began to strike at prostitutes, criminals, and preist * they executed more than 20,000 people including Marie Antoinette
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Robespierre leader of the radical fringe (The Jacobins) during the revolution. he is the most powerful leader in revolutionary France
Reign of Terror (1793-1794) the period of Robespierre's rule. Luois XVI is dead leaving France with a dictatorship that has total power. The government authority is given to the Committee of Public Safety. *no one in France is safe
Vendee parliaments made up of more than 2,000 members. They were made up of radicals & catholics. They were eventually chained to barb where they drowned.
Nationalism pride in one's country. it begins to spread all throughout France during the rule of the radicals.
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"Thermidorean Reaction" a revolt in the French Revolution where the radical fringe of the revolution ends the reign of terror a. all the machinery of the terror is dismantled b. the committee of Pubic Safety is dismantled c. many officers and administrators of the Jacobins are arrested and executed d. all books from the period are abolished *ushers in a period of moderation
The Directory (1795) a new government formedafter the reign of terror that a. delt with the national debt b. formed a new type of currency for France called Franc * the government failed in 1799 due to military Coup d'etat
Coup d' etat military taking control of the government
Napoleon Bonaparte leader of the Coup d' etat who comes out as a dictator forming a military dictatorship. he is in power after the directory fails
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 communeillegal government that becomes the government in the city of Paris. Radicals are in charge of it. They called for new elections and a constitutional convention to rewrite the constitution.
 guillotinea device used to execute people by decapitating their heads. it was created as a faster method of execution because hanging was too slow.
 Constitutional Convention (Jan. 1793)The Convention...
a. brought Louis XVI to trial for treason and found him guilty. they executed him
b. established the committee of public safety
 Committee of Public Safetya. acted as a war cabinet
b. had all power in government authority
c. established watch committees
d. began to strike at prostitutes, criminals, and preist
* they executed more than 20,000 people including Marie Antoinette
 Robespierreleader of the radical fringe (The Jacobins) during the revolution. he is the most powerful leader in revolutionary France
 Reign of Terror (1793-1794)the period of Robespierre's rule. Luois XVI is dead leaving France with a dictatorship that has total power. The government authority is given to the Committee of Public Safety. *no one in France is safe
 Vendeeparliaments made up of more than 2,000 members. They were made up of radicals & catholics. They were eventually chained to barb where they drowned.
 Nationalismpride in one's country. it begins to spread all throughout France during the rule of the radicals.
 "Thermidorean Reaction" a revolt in the French Revolution where the radical fringe of the revolution ends the reign of terror
a. all the machinery of the terror is dismantled
b. the committee of Pubic Safety is dismantled
c. many officers and administrators of the Jacobins are
arrested and executed
d. all books from the period are abolished
*ushers in a period of moderation
 The Directory (1795)a new government formedafter the reign of terror that
a. delt with the national debt
b. formed a new type of currency for France called
Franc
* the government failed in 1799 due to military Coup d'etat
 Coup d' etatmilitary taking control of the government
 Napoleon Bonaparteleader of the Coup d' etat who comes out as a dictator forming a military dictatorship. he is in power after the directory fails