The French Revolution The Reign of Terror and

The French Revolution – The Reign of Terror and the Rise of Napoleon Student Assignment & Notes Learning Target: I can EXPLAIN how the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution led to the rise of Napoleon!

Important Vocabulary Directions: Use your textbook (577 -581)or online resources to define the important terms below. Place their definitions in your document. Maximilien Robespierre: Committee for Public Safety:

Important Vocabulary Directions: Use your textbook or online resources to define the important terms below. Place their definitions in your document. Reign of Terror: The Directory

Important Vocabulary Directions: Use your textbook or online resources to define the important terms below. Place their definitions in your document. Napoleon: Coup d’Etat:

When was the “Reign of Terror? ” Directions: Look at the timeline below. Answer the questions about the French Revolution using he timeline. You can use your text tool to complete the assignment. 1. In what year was the storming of the Bastille? 2. What occurred in July of 1792? 3. When was Louis XVI executed? 3. Between what years was the Reign of Terror? 4. In 1794 the Reign of Terror ended with the execution of which leader?

The Reign of Terror! Directions: Read the passage below about the Reign of Terror. Use the highlighter tool to highlight the most important parts of the passage. The Terror Grips France Foreign armies were not the only enemies of the French Republic. The Jacobins had thousands of enemies within France itself. These included peasants who were horrified by the king’s execution, priests who would not accept government control, and rival leaders who were stirring up rebellion in the provinces. How to contain and control these enemies became a central issue. Robespierre Assumes Control In the early months of 1793, one Jacobin leader, Maximilian Robespierre, slowly gained power. Robespierre and his supporters set out to build a “republic of virtue” by wiping out every trace of France’s past. Firm believers in reason, they changed the calendar, dividing the year into 12 months of 30 days and renaming each month. This calendar had no Sundays because the radicals considered religion old-fashioned and dangerous. They even closed all churches in Paris, and cities and towns all over France soon did the same. Continue reading on next page

The Reign of Terror! Directions: Read the passage below about the Reign of Terror. Use the highlighter tool to highlight the most important parts of the passage. The Terror Grips France (Continued) In July 1793, Robespierre became leader of the Committee of Public Safety. For the next year, Robespierre governed France virtually as a dictator, and the period of his rule became known as the Reign of Terror. The Committee of Public Safety’s chief task was to protect the Revolution from its enemies. Under Robespierre’s leadership, the committee often had these “enemies” tried in the morning and guillotined in the afternoon. Robespierre justified his use of terror by suggesting that it helped French citizens to remain true to the ideals of the Revolution. . . Thousands of unknown people were also sent to their death, often on the flimsiest of charges. For example, an 18 -year-old youth was sentenced to die for cutting down a tree that had been planted as a symbol of liberty. Perhaps as many as 40, 000 were executed during the Terror. About 85 percent were peasants or members of the urban poor or middle class—for whose benefit the Revolution had been launched. By July 1794 the members of the National Convention became fearful for their own lives. They soon turned on Robespierre and arrested him. “Down with the tyrant” could be heard on the streets of Paris. The next day, Robespierre was taken to the guillotine and executed. A new government known as the “Directory” took over France. It was led by 5 moderates who established order in France. The Directory also appointed a young general named Napoleon Bonaparte to led the French army.

Napoleon Takes Control of France Directions: Read pages 584 -585 in your textbook or use the online resources to answer the questions below using your text tool. 1. How did Napoleon defend the National Convention from royalists n 1795? 2. During the French Revolution, Napoleon led the French armies to victories in which locations? 3. What happened to Napoleon’s armies in Egypt?

Napoleon Takes Control of France Directions: Read pages 584 -585 in your textbook or use the online resources to answer the questions below using your text tool. 4. Explain how Napoleon seized power in France with a coup d’Etat.