Warm Up
In what ways was the guillotine an efficient
means of execution?
7.2 Revolution Brings Reform
and Terror
The Assembly Reforms France
Some nobles and
clergymen who have
joined the National
Assembly hold a late
night meeting after the
attacks of the Great
Fear.
The Rights of Man
Declaration of the
Rights of Man.
A State Controlled
Church.
Louis Tries to Escape.
Conflicting Goals Cause
Divisions
A Limited Monarchy.
Legislative Assembly.
Factions Split France.
Émigrés - nobles who
fled France, and want to
undo the revolution
(right).
Sans-culottes - those
who want a greater voice
in gov. and lower food
prices, radical group
(left).
War and Extreme Measures
Foreign Wars.
War with Austria.
Radicals Execute the
King.
Guillotine.
France’s Citizen
Army.
The Terror Grips France
Foreign armies not the
only enemy.
Maximilien
Robespierre Assumes
Control.
Committee of Public
Safety - decides who
should be considered an
enemy of the republic.
Reign of Terror - the
reign of Robespierre
(7/1793-7/1794).
End of Terror
“Down with the Tyrant!”
Robespierre executed on July 28, 1794.
New Government…again.