World History
Ms. Avar
Point Value:
/ 5 / / Reign of Terror / KEY

Directions: Follow along with the lecture notes to complete the information below. If you were absent, make an appointment to use the sample binder and/or get the notes from the class webpage.

Maximilien Robespierre and radicals – Jacobins - take control of National Assembly
Create the “National Convention” – new legislative body /
Robespierre’s Accusations Against
King Louis XVI:
•  King is a traitor to France
•  He attempted to leave France
•  Collaborated with the Austrians
•  Conspired against the revolution – wants to take back power / / Robespierre’s Plan:
• Sell all the church lands
• Tax all citizens equally
• Fight the Austrians as revolutionaries
• Put the King on trial for treason (betrayal of one’s country)
• Execute all traitors of the revolution
King on Trial:
•  Anyone who speaks on behalf of the King would be executed as traitors.
•  Anyone who does not vote to convict the King of treason and sentence him to death would be executed as a traitor.
•  King is sentenced to death (along with his wife) / / King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are guillotined.
Committee on Public Safety:
Created to "deal with “threats” to the revolution
(In other words, people would be executed for not agreeing with Robespierre and radicals). /
/ Traitors of the Revolution
·  Anyone who does not go along with the radical phase of revolution is a traitor – executed
·  Anyone who isn’t working to solve the problems of France – executed
·  Anyone who said “down with the Republic” - executed
·  Anyone who had a book with the King’s seal on it - executed
·  Anyone who was a noble or previous supporter of the King or Estate system – executed
·  Anyone who was a high clergy member – executed
40,000 French citizens were executed in two years by the radicals.
/ National Convention turns on their leader (Robespierre)
July 1794
Robespierre is Arrested…
Robespierre is executed…
Robespierre is Made an Example of.
No More Terror!
No More Radicals! /
Terror ENDS when moderates in the National Convention write a new constitution and create a new government – a Five Man “Directory” (Made up of the upper-middle class.