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conscription
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forced into military service
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reign of terror
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neighborhood watch committees searched down suspected traitors and turned them over to the courts. Called this because overwhelmed by enemies and abroad the Jacobsons set out to crush all opposition within France.
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coupe de dete
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quick seizure of power against the Directory
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Napoleon Bonparte
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One of the many able military leaders who attracted public attention. His great military skill won him a promotion to general. He crushed an uprising against the Directory. Landed unannounced on the French Meditteranean coast joined leaders in coupe de dete.
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Jacobins
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Supporterss of the Sans Coulttes and extreme radicals.
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Giroundists
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called this because they came from Giround. They felt that the revolution had gone far enough and wanted to protect the wealthy middle class for radical attacks.
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