The Republic and the Reign of Terror, 1792-1794History 104 / February 13, 2013
Forces for radical change: the Jacobins
Forces for radical change: the sans-culottes
Forces for radical change: the press
Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793)Editor, The Friend of the People
The “flight to Varennes”(June 1791)
Louis tries to embrace symbols of revolution
Louis captured by the mob in Paris (Aug. 10, 1792)
Massacres in Paris,Sept. 2-6, 1792
“Victory” at Valmy (Sept. 20, 1792)
Louis says farewell to his family
Louis at the guillotine (Jan. 21, 1793)
Prime Minister William Pitt urges theHouse of Commons to declare war (Feb. 1793)
France besieged, 1793
red areasoccupied by France as of early 1793
white boxesinvading armies
green areasuprisings against the Republic
Conquests in Germany: spreading the revolution by force
The revolutionary calendar
The Festival of the Supreme Being (June 8, 1794)
Maximilien Robespierre(1758-1794)
“the incorruptible”
Revolutionary paranoia: the Committee of Public Safety
Marat assassinatedby Charlotte Corday
(July 13, 1793)
- painting by Jacques-Louis
David
The reign of terror: the guillotine in constant use
Robespierre arrested (July 27, 1794)
Robespierre guillotined