5.2 From terror to new laws (part 2)

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5.2 From terror to new laws (part 2)

The guillotine - An estimated 40,000 people were executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution

Goals for this lesson

At the end of this lesson you...

• Understand why the years after the outbreak of the French Revolution stayed turbulent.
• Can describe the period called the Reign of Terror.
• Can explain how the Reign of Terror was replaced by the Directoire and later by General Napoleon Bonaparte.

March on Versailles

• Oktober 1789
• Result: Louis forced to live in Paris and listen to the National Assembly. 

Flight to Varennes

• 1791
• Louis tries to escape to form an army and retake power.
• But is arrested.

Reign of terror

• By a group called the Jacobins.
• Led by Maximilien de Robespierre.
• Laywer and member of the National Assembly.

1794

• Robespierre was executed for dictatorial behaviour and the Directoire was created
  

Directoire

• In the new constitution the trias politica is used:
• Legislative power: a chosen Parliament and senators
  
• Executive power: Five directors
  
• Judiciary power: Judges