5.3 French Revolution II

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5.3 French Revolution II
The guillotine - An estimated 40,000 people were executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution

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Goals for this lesson
At the end of this lesson you...
  • Understand why the years after the outbreak of the French Revolution stayed turbulent.
  • Can describe the period called the Reign of Terror.
  • Can explain how the Reign of Terror was replaced by the Directoire and later by General Napoleon Bonaparte.

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March on Versailles
  • Oktober 1789
  • Result: Louis forced to live in Paris and listen to the National Assembly. 

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Flight to Varennes
  • 1791
  • Louis tries to escape to form an army and retake power.
  • But is arrested.

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Reign of terror
  • By a group called the Jacobins.
  • Led by Maximilien de Robespierre.
  • Laywer and member of the National Assembly.

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1794
  • Robespierre was executed for dictatorial behaviour and the Directoire was created

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Directoire

  • In the new constitution the trias politica is used:
  • Legislative power: a chosen Parliament and senators
  • Executive power: Five directors
  • Judiciary power: Judges


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