1. Radical Days of the Revolution
Section 3
Radical Days of the Revolution

2. The Monarchy is Abolished
French army was being beat by the well-trained Prussian forces
Thought Louis XVI was in league with the enemies
Flees to the Legislative Assembly
Citizens slaughter political prisoners
Known as the “September Massacres”
British Cartoon
The Monarchy is Abolished

3. Radicals Take Control Radicals take control of Legislative Assembly
Renamed National Convention
Granted Suffrage to all male citizens not just property owners
Abolished monarchy est. a republic
Louis XVI put on trial as traitor and was executed
Later Marie Antoinette would be executed
Radicals Take Control

4. Terror & Danger Grip France
National Convention split between the Jacobins and a rival group the Girondins
Creates Committee of Public Safety to deal with the threats to France
Issued Levee en masse > required all citizens to contribute to the war effort
Revolutionary army starts to win battles
Maximilien Robespierre > head of Committee of Public Safety
Dedicated to the revolution
Terror & Danger Grip France

5. Reign of Terror Robespierre chief architect of the Reign of Terror
Anyone suspect of resisting the revolution was put on trial
17,000 executed > many falsely accused
Thousands also imprisoned
Death by way of the guillotine
Symbol of horror
Robespierre later is executed by the very thing he constructed
Reign of Terror

6. 3rd Stage of the Revolution
Directory comes to power
Period of reaction against extremism
Makes peace with Spain and Prussia
Threats included
Sans-culottes
Revival of royalist feeling
Politicians would use Napoleon Bonaparte to advance their own goals
Great military hero
3rd Stage of the Revolution

7. Revolution Brings Change
French Rev. dramatically changed France
Church under state control
Dislodged old social order
Overthrew the monarchy
Revolution & war ushered in Nationalism
Strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country
Revolution Brings Change