Jacobins call out the mob to determine how the revolution is going

The attack on the palace

-king flees into the legislature

-800 people were killed

-jacobins call in the military to quell their own mob

September Masacres

-mobs overrun all the jails in France

-petty criminals were given farce trials and were executed as counter
revolutionaries

Battle of Valmy

France v.s Prussians and Austrians

French definitively crush the Prussians and gain a moral boost

By Fall, France has taken over Belguim

1792, France invade northern Italy in the winter

In December, French establish their laws over the nations they conquered

In February, Spain and Britain declare war on France

Execution of Louis Capet on January 21, 1793

Was found guilty of treason and executed via guillotine

Maximilien Robespierre

Army of 800,000 men, a citizen army, was assembled

Europe had never seen an army this size

Robespierre is the leader of public safety

-taken by the writings of Roseu, making the public virtuous

Thinks he knows the general will, is absolutely incorruptible

The Reign of Terror(1793 1794)

 The death of Marat, a colleague of Robespierre, delved into electro shock
therapy

A firm and flexible radical

Charlotte Corday sends in a letter asking for his assistance

Kills himself due to this latest piece of depression

Jacobins and Robespierre are threatened as a result of this

Marie Antoninette was sent to the guillotine

Robespierre thought those in the party that weren’t as pure as him were
guilty and sends them to the guillotine

1794, the remaining members arrested Robespierre and had him guillotined

Cult of Supreme Being 1794

France goes by a state philosophy instead of the state religion

Civic celebrations replaced religious holidays

The clergy and the church lost status

Revolutionary Couple vs Emigres

Excesses in fashion during the revolution

Madam Recamier: provided the height of fashion, seeing her feet(including

the soles) was erotic at the time

The revolution brought all things new—a new calendar, a new ten hour clock

The calendar was named after the weather instead of God’s in other cultures

Emphasis on practical knowledge science and technology, books

Women were being included in this as well

Rampant destruction of anything that reminded people of monarchy