3.3 Radical Days of
the Revolution
Objective: to understand the events
of the radical phase of the French
Revolution
Today’s Standard
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10.2.4. Explain how the ideology of the
French Revolution led France to develop
from constitutional monarchy to
democratic despotism to the Napoleonic
Empire.
Ideology-a system of thought or belief
Build Background
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What does radical mean?
Talk to your partner 30 seconds
radical- extreme; departure from the usual
or traditional
Example: Christine always had long hair so
it was a radical change when she cut it
short
I. The Monarchy is Abolished
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Failures in battles abroad angered
revolutionaries, they attempt to kill the king
The “September Massacres”- angry mobs
attacked prisons killing 1,200 prisoners,
nobles and ordinary prisoners
What
do you
think
is happening
this
10
August
1792
Paris
Commune in
- The
picture? How
you know?
Storming
of thedoTuileries
Palace
I. The Monarchy is Abolished
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Jacobins write a
constitution abolishing
the monarchy and
titles of nobility called
the “Convention”
Suffrage- the right to
vote was granted to all
male citizens
Louis XVI executed
Execution of Louis XVI
Questions-talk to your partner to help
answer, write down their answers
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1.What occurred after radicals took control
of the assembly?
2.How did the wars abroad affect the
revolutionaries behavior?
II. Terror and Danger Grip France
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1793- France is at
war with Britain,
Netherlands, Spain,
and Prussia
Food Shortages still
Royalists and priests
led rebellions
II. Terror and Danger Grip France
cont.
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Committee of Public
Safety (CPS) –
Convention created a
12 members
committee had pretty
much absolute power
CPS was in charge of
trials and executions,
levied a mass tax to
pay for the war
Question- talk to your partner to help
answer
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Why did the Convention create the
Committee on Public Safety?
II. Terror and Danger Grip France
cont.
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Robespierre “the
Incorruptible”-Lead
member of the
Committee for Public
Safety
Believed in Justice
through Terror
Robespierre “the Incorruptible”
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“Liberty cannot be
secured, unless
criminals lose their
heads.” –Maximilien
Robespierre
Do you agree?
II. Terror and Danger Grip France
cont.
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Reign of Terror (1793-1794)- a period
of mass hasty trials and public
executions
Suspects were “enemies of the
revolution” 300,000 arrested 17,000
executed
Many were cases of mistaken identity
or falsely accused
Terror and Danger Grip France cont.
guillotine- engine
of terror, fast falling
blade kills instantly
 Within a year the
terror ended, with
the execution of
Robespierre
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Question-talk to your partner to help
answer
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Did the actions of
the Committee
promote the
original ideas of
the revolution or
go against them?
Homework!
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Choose one of the events below and list as
many specific details as you can about it.
Then use the details to explain what
caused the event. This will be homework if
not finished in class.
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Reign of Terror
Execution of Louis XVI
Creation of the Committee of Public Safety
III. The Revolution Enters Its Third
Stage
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Convention writes
another
constitution…the
Constitution of 1795
It set up a 2 house
legislature and a 5
man “Directory”
Directory was
unpopular faced
many problems
IV. Revolution Brings Change
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Nationalism- Strong
feelings of pride and
devotion to a country
Nationalism spread
throughout France,
people wore the
tricolor, red “liberty
caps”, called all
people “Citizen”
IV. Revolution Brings Change cont.
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France set up state
schools
Systems to help the
poor, veterans, old
Abolished slavery
Questions
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What changes occurred after the Reign of
Terror came to an end?