The Terror
Revolution's Legacy
People
Social Reform & Culture
Laws
100
His "fall" is usually considered the end of the Terror

Robespierre

100

Babouf's ideology and the radical social policy of the Jacobins inspired this mid-19th century radical socialist thinker 

Karl Marx

100

Despite his liberal views and authorship of Common Senses and Rights of Man, ___________ was arrested during the Terror and only saved by the intervention of American diplomat James Monroe

Thomas Paine

100

The Revolution legalized this practice - always illegal under Catholic law - for the first time in any Western nation

Divorce

100

The ___________ decree in Fall, 1793 enabled the French army to grow to 750,000 within a few short months

Levee en Masse

200

This second-largest city in France - a center of the Federalist revolt - was singled out to be made an example of by the Committee of Public Safety.

Lyon

200

The English thinker Edmund Burke is considered the Father of _____________ , a movement embodied within his incendiary literary condemnation of the French Revolution

Conservatism

200

This early Revolutionary leader - famous for rallying a cafe crowd to storm the Bastille in 1789 - became an ally of Danton during the Terror and was executed along with him that spring.

Camille Desmoulins

200

Although this practice was affirmed in legality in 1790, despite much controversy, it was abolished in 1794

Slavery

200

The Law of __________ in September, 1794 empowered local local revolutionary committees across France to arrest anyone suspected of counterrevolutionary activity.

Suspects

300

In Nantes, up to 4,000 counterrevolutionary prisoners were cruelly punished by ______________ during the Vendee War

Drowning

300

The emergence of Germany and Italy during the 19th century is an example of the spread of _____________ , the acceleration of which historians assign to the French Revolution.

Nationalism

300

This CPS member confined to a wheelchair and was guillotined along with Robespierre

Couthon

300

During the Thermidor Reaction, the ______________ engaged in ostentatious displays of luxury and often sought vengeance upon the Jacobins and their supporters 

Gilded Youth

300

The Law of the ___________ empowered the government to set price controls on nearly every important commodity in French life

Maximum
400

These 2 factions (each named after their respective leader) were suppressed, and many of their members executed in Paris during the final months of the Terror.

The Hebertists and Dantonists

400

Although the French Aristocracy was restored along with the Bourbon monarchy in 1814, it was a shadow of its former self. Despite the governmental recognition of hereditary titles, Noble __________ and __________ were NEVER restored.

Dues and Privileges

400

The notorious deputy was guillotined under the Directory, for his excessive cruelty while on mission in Nantes during the Vendee war.

Carrier

400

This medieval-era inheritance practice favored first-born sons and was targeted by revolutionary reformers

Primogeniture

400

The "Grand Terror" was ushered in during early summer 1794 after virtually all defense rights were removed in judicial proceedings by the radical "Law of 22 _________"

Prairial

500

Robespierre famous speech of 5 Feb 1794 focused on ______ and ________ , the two of which he believed were inherently linked

Terror and Virtue

500

John Stuart Mills - a leading proponent of THIS 19th century intellectual movement - condemned the French Revolution's violent excesses while praising it as a crucial step in advancing democracy

Classical Liberalism

500

The 2 most radical CPS members - Billeau-Varennes and __________ were tried, convicted and exiled to French Guyana during the Directory period.

Collot d'Herbois

500

Although the program it outlined was never fully implemented the Bourqier Decree of December 1793 was a radical advance in _________

Public education

500

This law - put to the public vote after the approval of the Constitution of 1795 - led to public unrest because it stated that 2/3 of the legislature's members must remain seated (for the sake of stability and continuity) regardless of electoral results

Law of Two Thirds