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Move to Radicalism
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-The Paris commune forced the Legislative Assembly to call for a National Convention
-The minister of justice was George's Danton, and along with the commoners seemed for revenge and killed a lot of people -New leaders like Marat emerged |
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The Fate of the King
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-In 1792, France ruled by the National Convention, on September 21, 1792, the national convention abolished the monarchy and created the French Republic
-The convention split up into: a) Girondins (included France's provinces) b) Mountain (radicals from the city, Paris) -The mountain won in 1793, condemning Louis XVI, and Marie A. to be killed at the guillotine |
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Crisis and Response
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-The French government had several problems:
a) the commune wanted radical positions b) some communities wanted to restore monarchy -Countries in Europe ( Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic) wanted a war against France -In order to control the problems, the National convention (Mountain) created a committee of Public safety, dominated by Danton, and then by Robespierre |
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The Reign of terror
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-The national convention and the committee of Public safety began a reign of terror
-It was called like that because they would kill whoever was agains the Revolution. |
