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France Becomes a Republic

France Becomes a Republic. Road to War. Aristocrats and 2/3 of the army officer corps fled to Austria They wanted a counter-revolution April 20, 1792 the Legislative Assembly declares war. War leads to anarchy, inflation and paranoia. The Revolution Radicalizes.

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France Becomes a Republic

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  1. France Becomes a Republic

  2. Road to War • Aristocrats and 2/3 of the army officer corps fled to Austria • They wanted a counter-revolution • April 20, 1792 the Legislative Assembly declares war. War leads to anarchy, inflation and paranoia

  3. The Revolution Radicalizes • In August a mob threatens Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette • The Swiss guard fire on the crowd and 600 are massacred when they surrender. The king is suspended. • In September mobs murder about 1,200 Parisian prisoners

  4. The Birth of the Republic • The Legislative Assembly is forced to call for election of the Convention by universal suffrage. • The Convention drafts a new constitution and makes France a republic.

  5. Sans-culottes • Radical militants of Paris • Shop-keepers, artisans, wage-workers and factory workers • They wanted price controls on food, social equality and repression of counterrevolutionaries.

  6. Jacobins • The Jacobins were the best organized political club in Paris • Favored representative government and an unregulated economy • Divided between Girondins and the Mountain

  7. Jacobin Factions Girondins The Mountain Supported sans-culottes More radical Just wanted Louis XVI executed • Resented Parisian dominance • More moderate • Wanted a trial for Louis XVI

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