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National Convention • Comprised of 2 groups • Constitutional and legislative • Sat from September 20, 1792 to October 26, 1795 • Held executive power in France during the first year of the French First Republic • The Republic ended in 1804 when Napoleon changed it to the First French Empire December 3, 1792 • Louis XVI was brought in front of courts for trial • Robespierre, a leader in French Revo, utters the famous phrase “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 • Ratification of new Constitution by National Convention, but not yet proclaimed • Slavery abolished in France until 1802 • 1802 is around the rise of power for Napoleon and he things that slavery is a good idea for France Reign of Terror • Sept 5, 1792 – July 28, 1794 • Period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revo, incited by conflict 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), another 25,000 in summary executions across France (no due process, no trial, no hearing, once accused they’re dead in hours. Methods: guillotine, being pulled apart limb by limb, decapitation by sward, very brutal death. ) October 15, 1793 • Queen Marie Antoinette is impeached • Convicted of treachery against the country, and for incest with her child, the Daphin • Is condemned to be executed in the Place de la Revolution • The next day she gets the guillotine Research: what countries in Europe tried to defeat the French during the French Revo? 1 paragraph