1792 Events
Type of government established in September 1792, ending constitutional monarchy
Republic
Executed before official Reign of Terror; unanimous vote for his guiltiness of high treason but narrow majority vote for his execution
Louis XVI
What band made the song "Headless" which I played after we went over the king's beheading and the beginnings of the Reign of Terror
Deftones
French lawyer who became radical leader of Jacobins and main architect of Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
What movie is represented by the emojis of a girl on a surfboard and an alien?
Lilo & Stitch
Revolutionary government body that ruled France from September 1792-October 1795, replacing Legislative Assembly; elected by universal male suffrage
National Convention
How was the king related to one of the people who voted for his execution?
Cousin
Bowser
Cult of the _______ _______: state religion created by Robespierre to replace Catholicism and tie moral duty to the state (also held giant festival with propaganda)
Supreme Being
What can you catch but not throw?
Cold
2 main countries that France fought against in 1792 (their invasion was halted at Battle of Valmy)
Austria, Prussia
Working class radicals in Paris named after clothes they wore ("without knee breeches")
Sans-culottes
Executive body created by National Convention to govern France and protect new republic from enemies (responsible for Reign of Terror)
Committee of Public Safety
______ Terror: wave of violent, retaliatory attacks against Jacobins and sans-culottes by royalists, Girondin supporters, and vengeful citizens
White
Where can you finish a book without finishing a sentence?
Prison
_______ Massacres: mobs broke into 9 Paris prisons to go after political enemies and killed over 1,000 (majority were ordinary criminals, women, and children)
September
Law of _______: ordered immediate arrest of all known and suspected enemies of republic (formal beginning of Reign of Terror; created paranoia)
Suspects
Why did Marie Antoinette apologize right before her execution?
SHe accidentally stepped on the executioner's foot
Law of ___ ______: accelerated executions, beginning final Great Terror period of Reign of Terror (turned people against Robespierre)
22 Prairial
What word begins and ends with "e" but only has one letter?
Envelope
Storming of the _______: armed working class and National Guard stormed palace where royal family was staying and killed Swiss Guards (royal family then imprisoned)
Tuileries
First president of Community of Public Safety (would oppose how extreme Reign of Terror became, leading to his arrest and execution)
Georges Danton
Also known as "the Mountain"; most radical faction within Jacobin club; argued violence was necessary
Montagnards
________ Reaction: political coup that overthrew Robespierre and ended Reign of Terror (he was arrested and executed; France turned toward more moderate republic with the Directory)
Thermidorian
Out of random curiosity, I showed you images of these things to ask if you believed in aliens
UFOs