APE Topic Nine Discussion 44

 

  1. Explain why the National Convention (“First Republic”)  rejected the work of the Constituent Assembly.

 

  1. Explain how the National Convention spread the Revolution.

 

 

  1. Describe the Jacobins, Girondins, and the Mountain.

 

  1. Describe the line that was crossed with the death of Louis XVI.

 

 

  1. Explain the statement that “the Mountain now ruled in the Convention, but the Convention itself ruled very little.”

 

  1. Identify the forces that threatened the Convention.

 

 

  1. Describe Robespierre.

 

  1. Identify the objectives of the Convention and Robespierre.

 

 

  1. Describe the victims of the “Reign of Terror”.

 

  1. Describe the Committee of Public Safety and outline its objectives.

 

 

  1. Describe the perspectives of the National Convention on religion.

 

  1. Outline the activities of the military during the Terror.

 

 

  1. Explain what led to the fall of Robespierre.

 

  1. Outline the steps taken by the Thermidorian Reaction. July 1794

 

  1. Identify the leadership of the Thermidorian Reaction.

 

  1. Describe the outcomes of the Thermidorian Reaction.