Shape of the day

• Political Clubs• Break• Political Cartoon

Girondists• Moderate middle

class• Split from

Jacobins• Mass change in

government• Too conservative• Arrested and

imprisoned during Reign of Terror

Jacobins• Started as

moderate middle class• Radicals• Reign of

Terror 1793-1794

Sans Culottes• Poor people • Against reforms that

benefit business class

• Lower prices• Supply bread• Violent-mobs• Supported radicals• Lead by “The

People’s Friend”• Guillotined people

Radical Leaders

• Opposed to any deals with monarchy• Bring royals to trial and execution• Destroy anyone with sympathy for old system

Jean-Paul Marat- most radical. Writer of “The People’s Friend” Jaques Danton- Jacobin Maximilien Robespierre-

Jacobin

Revolutionary Wars/End of Monarchy

• France declared war on European countries out of fear they would invade and try to re-establish the monarchy.

• France successful in Austria!• National Convention-elected government• Tried the royals for crimes against the

country= Guillotined!

Political Cartoon• A political cartoon is an illustration which is

designed to convey a social or political message.