Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror
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BR: p. 201 If you lived in France<br />
during the French Revolution,<br />
would you have watched people<br />
get executed by the guillotine?<br />
Why or why not?<br />
If I lived in France during the French<br />
Revolution I would have (watched or not<br />
watched) guillotine executions because…
Objective: Given notes,<br />
accurately describe how life<br />
would be in France during the<br />
<strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong>
<strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong><br />
Maximilien Robespierre
I. The Execution <strong>of</strong> Louis XVI,<br />
1792<br />
A. King agreed to sign Constitution <strong>of</strong> 1791,<br />
then vetoed key revolutionary ideas<br />
B. Royal family attempted to flee France, but<br />
caught a mile from the border<br />
C. “War <strong>of</strong> People Against Kings”<br />
D. The king is convicted <strong>of</strong> treason and<br />
executed, the queen was executed in 1793
Execution <strong>of</strong> King Louis XVI
Execution <strong>of</strong> Queen Marie<br />
Antoinette
True or False:<br />
The Constitution <strong>of</strong> 1791 gave<br />
King Louis XVI the power<br />
to veto laws
True or False:<br />
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie<br />
Antoinette survived the French<br />
Revolution
II.<br />
<strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong><br />
A. Maximilien Robespierre is the leader <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Committee <strong>of</strong> Public Safety and eventually <strong>of</strong><br />
France<br />
B. France successfully defeats attacking<br />
European nations<br />
C. Gets France out <strong>of</strong> economic chaos by taxing<br />
everyone and selling the nobles’ and church’s<br />
land
Maximilien Robespierre
II.<br />
<strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong> (cont’)<br />
D. “<strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong>” – 1792-1794<br />
1. “Enemies <strong>of</strong> the Republic” were<br />
executed<br />
2. Guillotine- a machine for beheading<br />
3. About 40,000 French men and women<br />
were executed (85% peasants)<br />
4. Caused Robespierre to be executed
Guillotine
The <strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong> was primarily<br />
directed at…<br />
a. the clergy<br />
b. the king and queen<br />
c. the nobles<br />
d. all enemies <strong>of</strong> the revolution
The <strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong> ended when…<br />
a. the National Assembly instituted<br />
Dechristianization<br />
b. foreign armies invaded France<br />
c. the king and queen were executed<br />
d. when Robespierre was exectued
Which was NOT a result <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Reign</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Terror</strong>?<br />
a. 40,000 people were executed<br />
b. King Louis XVI signed the Constitution<br />
<strong>of</strong> 1791<br />
c. Robespierre was executed<br />
d. France was left without a leader.
III. Napoleon<br />
A. The Directory<br />
rules France<br />
B. Napoleon<br />
replaces them<br />
and becomes a<br />
dictator
What form <strong>of</strong> government did<br />
Napoleon lead?<br />
a. democracy<br />
b. monarchy<br />
c. republic<br />
d. dictatorship
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