National Convention
- comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly of France and sat from September 20, 1792 to October 26, 1795
- It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic
- The Republic ended in 1804 when Napoleon changed it to the First French Empire
December 3, 1792
- Louis XVI is brought in front of the courts for trial.
- Robespierre, a leader in the French Revolution, utters the famous phrase that "Louis XVI must die so that the country can live."
January 21, 1793
- Citizen Louis Capet guillotined, formerly known as Louis XVI
June 24th, 1793
- Ratification of new Constitution by National Convention, but not yet proclaimed. Slavery is abolished in France until 1802.
- 1802 is around the rise of power for Napoleon and he things that slavery is a good deal for France.
Reign of Terrror
- September 5, 1793-July 28th, 1794
- was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflice between rival political factions
- mass executions of "enemies of the revolution"
- the death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine (2,639 in Paris) and another 25,000 in summary executions across France
- summary executions--no trial, no hearing, once accused you are guilty and you are dead within hours.
October 15th, 1793
- Queen Maire Antoinette is impeached and convected for treachery against the country, and for incest with her child, the Dauphin, and is condemned to be executed in the Place de la Revolution
- they next day Marie Antoinette got the guillotine
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