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• 9/17 Focus:9/17 Focus: – An extreme government changed
French society and tried through harsh means to eliminate its critics within France
• Do Now:Do Now:– Explain why other European monarchs
might have been concerned with events in France during the revolution.
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• Many European rulers and nobles feared the revolution would spread to their countries– Threatened military
intervention to protect French monarchy • Austria and
Prussia warned against harming the king
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• French declare war on Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain
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• French constitution created a limited monarchy
• Legislative Assembly made laws
• Assembly split into different factions
• Conservatives• Moderates • Radicals
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• Radicals took over the Assembly – Led by Maximillian
Robespiere • Jean- Paul Marat • Georges- Jacques
Danton– Ended the monarchy
• Execution of King Louis XVI
– Declared the formation of a republic
– Suspended the Constitution
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• Radicals attempted to reform French Society – Eliminate influence of
religion • Closed churches in Paris • Created the Cult for the
Supreme Being – Worshipped Revolutionary
ideals
– Eliminate references to the monarchy and nobility
– Created new calendar– New systems of weights
and measurement
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• War with other European nations• The First coalition
– Austria, Prussia, Spain, Great Britain
• France suffered a number of defeats
• Economic Problems• Resistance from people inside France
• Not everyone supported killing the king • Many priests would not accept gov’t control• Many peasants were angry about a military draft
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• Radicals created the Committee of Public Safety – eliminate people
who threatened the revolution inside France• Use of terror to
defend the republic
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• Radicals placed anyone suspected of not supporting the revolution on trial– Sentenced to
death by guillotine
– Over 40,000 people killed
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• Robespierre began using the committee to eliminate other radicals that were his rivals – Danton
• Reign of Terror ended after radicals execute Robespierre– July 27, 1794– Robespierre sent to the
guillotine
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• Moderates returned to power and adopted a new constitution – Failed to address economic problems and
civil unrest
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• What was the purpose of the Committee of Public Safety?
• What political group took control of the government after the death of Robespierre?