The Storming of the Bastille, as depicted by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (1790)
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The French Revolution and Reign of Terror
Agenda
• Bell Ringer: How does Louis XVI react to the Storming of the Bastille?
1. Lecture: Radical Phase of the Revolution2. Robespierre Video, French Revolution3. Declaration of the Rights of Man4. Phases of the Revolution5. Was Revolt the only way? Discussion6. Test Results and Objectives
HW: Finish Vocabulary, will be checked next class in notebook.
Moderate Phase
• After the Tennis Court Oath, National Assembly controls France.
• Declaration of Rights of Man adopted.
• National Assembly takes land from the Catholic Church to pay debts for France.– Now the Church was part of
the State.– Peasants opposed it, and
opposed further Revolution.
Limited Monarchy and Division• Louis XVI attempts to escape
in 1791, but his face is recognized from currency.
• NA creates limited monarchy, and give most power to the Legislature.– Louis XVI forced to agree to
new Constitution.
• Factions divide the Legislative Assembly into three groups. – Radicals, Conservatives, and
Moderates
Legislative Assembly
Radicals- opposed King and MonarchyCommon people have full power in Republic.Moderates- Centrist thinkers
Conservatives- Upheld the idea of a limited monarchy, few changes in government
War and Execution• Other countries (Austria and
Prussia) want the Old Regime in power.– Fear losing their absolute
power.– Threaten to destroy Paris
• Citizens in Paris attack the Royal guard, and imprison the Louis XVI family.
• French forces are weak, and riots are common in the cities.
• National Convention takes power in 1791.
Jacobin Club• Leaders of mobs have more
power than government assembly.
• Jacobin Club was the most violent.– Promoted murder to eliminate
enemies of Revolution.
• Radical Jacobins vote to execute Louis XVI, and his wife.
• Create a citizen army to defend against Prussia and Austria.
Reign of Terror• France has many internal
conflicts.• Robespierre attempts to rid
France of anything relating to Monarchy.
• Religion is abolished, and Sundays are removed from Calendar
• Committee of Public Safety– Decided who were enemies of
the Republic– He felt that it enabled Citizens to
remain true to the Revolution.
End of Robespierre• Even leaders of the Revolution
were put to death, because they weren’t radical enough.
• A shopkeeper for selling sour wine…
• Anyone going against Robespierre. Nobody was safe.
• 3,000 executed in Paris alone.• Reign of Terror ends with the
death of Robespierre.– He attempts suicide by shooting
himself in the head, and lives… He is taken to the guillotine with a shattered jaw, bleeding.