Terror and Danger Grip
France
National Convention
•1792 Radicals took control of the
Legislative Assemby and changed the
name National Convention
•September 1792 the Jacobins controlled
the Convention and set out to erase all
traces of the old order.
Terror and Danger Grip France
•Early 1793, France was at war with much
of Europe and with itself
•Including Britain, the Netherlands,
Spain, and Prussia
•With-in France groups were fighting
Committee of Public Safety
•12 member committee that had almost
absolute power as it battle to save the
revolution
•Maximilien Robespierre led the
Committee of Public Safety
Reign of Terror
•September 1793 – July 1794
•About 300,000 arrested
•17,000 were executed
Robespierre Arrested
•National Convention turned on the
Committee of Public Safety
•July 27, 1794- Robespierre was arrested
•Executed the next day
Executions slowed
•After the heard of Robespierre and
other radicals fell, executions slowed
dramatically
Third Stage
•Constitution of 1795 set up a five man
Directory and a two-house legislature
•Directory held power from 1795 – 1799
•Corrupt leaders lined their own pockets
•Failed to solve pressing problems
Third Stage (Continue)
•Election of 1797 supporters of the
constitutional monarchy won the
majority of the seats in the legislature
•Politicians turn to Napoleon and he
outwitted all of them
Nationalism
•A strong feeling of pride in and devotion
to one’s country