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The Thermidorean Convention Notes
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-The Thermidorian Reaction (against those with power, ina sense). It was caused by a vote of the National
Convention to execute Robespierre, Saint-Just, and many
other leading members of the revolutionary government.
-With Robespierre the sole remaining strongman of the
Revolution, his apparent ‘grasp’ on power became
increasingly seen as a ‘delusion’, of sorts.
-Robespierre’s tight personal control of the military,
distrust of military might and banks, and opposition to -The Thermidorian r
supposedly corrupt individuals in government made him that followed was ra
the subject of a number of conspiracies. unpopular, causing m
-The conspiracies came together on Thermidor 9, when
rebellions after the
members of the national bodies of the revolutionary
execution of Robesp
government arrested Robespierre and the leaders of the
and his allies. The p
Paris city government. Not all of the conspiratorial
who were involved w
groupings were ideologically motivated.
-Meanwhile, French armies overran the Netherlands and Robespierre became
established the Batavian Republic, occupied the left bank main targets, includ
of the Rhine and forced Spain, Prussia and several many members of th
German states to sue for peace, enhancing the prestige Jacobin club, their
of the National Convention. A new constitution was supporters, and indi
drawn up, which eased back some of the democratic suspected of being p
elements of the Constitution of 1793 and the revolutionaries. In a
Thermidorian regime finally ended. the sans-culottes we
violently suppressed
became known as th
White Terror.
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