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1
Radical Days of the French Revolution
  • Chapter 3.3

2
  • 1819 Caricature by British artist George
    Cruikshank. Titled "The Radical's Arms, it
    depicts the infamous guillotine. "No God! No
    Religion! No King! No Constitution!" is written
    in the republican banner.

3
The Monarchy is Abolished
  • News of mounting deaths in the war with Prussia
    caused anger with the King, who many thought was
    on the side of Prussia.
  • In what has been called the September
    massacres, citizens attacked prisons that held
    nobles and priests and killed many of them.

4
The Monarchy is Abolished
  • The Assembly gave the vote to all male citizens
    and the newly elected legislature was full of
    radicals who seized nobles lands and sentenced
    the king to death.
  • Jan. 21, 1793 King Louis XVI was executed
  • Marie Antoinette was killed the following Oct.

5
Terror Grips France
  • The Convention, or legislative body, created the
    Committee of Public Safety and gave its 12
    members almost absolute power in response to the
    threats from inside and outside the country.

6
Terror Grips France
  • Under the leader, Maximilien Robespierre, this
    Committee set out a Reign of Terrorduring which
    suspected enemies of the state were hastily tried
    and often put to death by guillotine.

7
The Revolution Enters its Third Stage
  • Moderates took over after the Reign of Terror and
    the Convention produced the third constitution
    since 1789.
  • Inflation and the resurgence of royalist feelings
    caused politicians to rally around war hero
    Napoleon Bonaparte.

8
Revolution Brings Change
  • The revolution brought loyalty to the nation,
    instead of to a monarch.
  • This new nationalism was celebrated with
    festivals, dances, and songs.
  • Revolutionaries pushed for various social reforms
    and religious toleration.

9
Conciergerie Prison Where Marie Antoinette was
held
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