The French Revolution
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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The French Revolution
Move to Radicalism
The National Convention
- Led by George Danton
- Sought revenge on the King
- Jacobin club: influential political club
Jacobin: reign of Terror, radical, left wing
It's time to abolish the monarchy and establish a new French Republic
What is a Republic?
A REPUBLIC: a form of government in which power is exercised by the public at large, and affairs of the state are a public concern, not a private one.
In other words..
- When people have the power
- They can vote
- They have a body of chosen representatives
- There is no monarch or other heditary head of state
Time to Kill Louis XVII!
But how...?
January 1793
King Louis XVII is beheaded
The Guillotine
- Will become famous during this time period
- Designed for carrying out executions by beheading
- The last person to be beheaded by guillotine in France was in 1977!
Now what?
- People couldn't agree on exactly what should happen next
- There were two sides of the argument..
Right and Left Wing
Depending on where you sit in Parliment
Left Wing
- Today we use terms like "Liberal" or "Democrat"
- Republicanism during the French Revolution
- Democracy, elections, power to the people
- Later the term "Left wing" will take other forms such as
- Socialism, communism, anarchism
Right Wing
- Today we say "conservative" or "republican"
- In response to left wing ideologies
- Supported hierarchy, tradition, and clericalism
Clericalism: formal, church based leadership or the opinion of the ordained clergy
