Tuesday, March 12, 2013

French Revolution Part 3: Reign of Terror

Click on the link below:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/history/euro-hist/french-revolution-tutorial/v/french-revolution--part-3----reign-of-terror

Concepts that you should familiarize yourself with:

Jacobins

Declaration of Pillnitz

Brunswick Manifesto

Levee en Masse

Thermidorian Reaction

Maximillian Robispierre

Respond to the following:

Why were the Jacobins upset with the Constitution of 1791?

Why would the French Assembly declare war on Austria?

Why do the Jacobins imprison Louis XVI?

What happens to Louis XVI in January of 1793?

What is the Committee of Public Safety? Who is its leader?