1. Good Afternoon! NVC Jacobins: Tyrants or Revolutionaries?
The French Revolution continues…
Essential Question: Were the Jacobin leaders of the Reign of Terror power-hungry tyrants or true revolutionaries?

2. Were the Jacobin leaders of the Reign of Terror power-hungry tyrants or true revolutionaries?

3. Tyrants or Revolutionaries?
Maximillien Robespierre
Tyrants
Over 30,000 executed in two years
No one was safe
Revolutionaries
Helped feed the poor
Defeated invading Austrians and Prussians
Terror’s End
July 1794 ROBESPIERRE executed

4. French Revolution Continues
The Directory
new moderate republic led by bourgeoisie comes after the Jacobins
Appoints Napoleon Bonaparte commander of new army
Directory is weak and unpopular
Coup d’etat: 1799 Napoleon overthrows Directory and seizes power

5. Exit Ticket Briefly define each term/event and why it is important:
Tennis Court Oath
Storming of the Bastille
Great Fear
Women’s March on Versailles
Reign of Terror