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National Convention
comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly of lFrance and sat from September twenty, 1792 to October twenty six, 1795
it held executive powere in France during the first years of the French First Republic
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 teh French Revo, utters the famous phrase taht "Louis XVI must die so that the country can live."
January 21, 1793
Citizen Louis Capet guillotined, formerly known as Louis XVI
June 24, 1793
Ratificatino fo new Constitution by Natinal Convention, but not yet proclaimed. Slavery is abolished in France until 1802
around the rise of power for Napoleion and he thinks that slavery is a good thing for France
Reign of Terror
September 5 1793 to July 28 1794
was a period fo violence that occurred after the oneset fo the French Revolution, incited by conlict between rival political factions.
mass executions of enemies fo the Revo
the deat toll ranged in the tens fo thousands
another 25,000 in summary executions across France
execution with no due process
no trial
no hearing
accused they are dead in hours
pulled apart
decapitation by sword
guillotine
October 15, 1793
Queen Marie Antoinette is impeached and convicted for treachery aginst the country, and for incest with her child, the Dauphin, and is condemned to be executed in the Place de la Revolution
the nest day she looses her head
what cojntries in Europe tried to defeat the French during the French Revolution and why
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