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Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror

Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror. The Committee of Public Safety. * Use the reading to answer the following questions: 1.) What internal and external threats did France face during the Revolution ? (critical thinking)

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Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror

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  1. Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror

  2. The Committee of Public Safety * Use the reading to answer the following questions: 1.) What internal andexternal threats did France face during the Revolution? (critical thinking) 2.) What faction led the National Convention and created the Committee of Public Safety? 3.) Why was the Committee of Public Safety created?

  3. The Jacobins’ Coup d'état * Use the reading to answer the following questions: 1.) Why did the sans-culottes storm the National Convention? 2.) Who was the leader of the Jacobin faction in the National Convention?

  4. The Constitution of 1793 * Use the reading to answer the following questions: 1.) What was the Law of the Maximum? 2.) What effects did it have on France and how did the Committee of Public Safety react? 3.) Why do you think that the National Convention suspended the implementation of the new constitution? (critical thinking)

  5. Lazare Carnot and the Military * Use your textbook (page 354) to answer the following questions: 1.) List four aspects of France’s Revolutionary Army.

  6. The Reign of Terror * Use your textbook (page 353-354) to answer the following questions: 1.) How many people died during the Reign of Terror? …from the guillotine? 2.) What percentage of clergy and nobility died during the Reign of Terror? …of the Third Estate? 3.) How did the Committee of Public Safety identify enemies of the State?

  7. Public Backlash and the End of the Terror * Use your textbook (page 353-354) to answer the following questions: 1.) What steps did the Committee of Public Safety take to control French society? Give three examples. 2.) Describe the Committee of Public Safety’s attempts to de-Christianize France.

  8. The Thermidorian Reaction

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