The Jacobins
the national convention resorted to violence as they had executive power but 1793 to 1794 de facto was exercised by the national convention's public safety committee
The National Convention decreed a mass levee on August 23 1793.
Revolutionary France, 1791 - 1794 In September, 1792, Robespierre was elected first deputy for Paris to the National Convention. On 27 July 1793, Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety. On August 22, 1793 he was elected President of the National Convention. Re-elected as President on June 4, 1794. He was also a member of The National Constituent Assembly, The National Assembly and was Deputy for the Third Estate of the Estates General.
The National Convention was formed to compose a new constitution. TheConvention made France into a republic and tried Louis XVI for treason. Hewas executed by means of the guillotine in 1793. The National Conventiontook possession of the land of émigrés and got rid of the few remainingfeudal practices.
Willie Wells has written: 'The appearance, predictions and advice of the Devil, to the National Convention of France, in the month of Nov. 1793, taken from the Sans Cullotes Gazette'
His value as a hostage was countered by the perceived threat that he represented as a living monarch. His death would not be readily accepted by external forces, but would end through fear many potential internal dissenters. He was executed on 21 January 1793.
Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793.
During the French Revolution, the National Convention declared the abolition of the French monarchy. The First Republic was established through a proclamation on September 21, 1792. King Louis XVI was executed in 1793.
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle was created in 1793.
The Reign of Terror is the period, from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilen Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed. · In July 1794, fearing for their own safety, some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre. They demanded his arrest and execution. The Reign of Terror, the radical phase of the French Revolution, ended on July 28, 1794, when Robespierre went to the guillotine.
The Reign of Terror is the period, from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilen Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed. · In July 1794, fearing for their own safety, some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre. They demanded his arrest and execution. The Reign of Terror, the radical phase of the French Revolution, ended on July 28, 1794, when Robespierre went to the guillotine.
The Reign of Terror is the period, from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilen Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed. · In July 1794, fearing for their own safety, some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre. They demanded his arrest and execution. The Reign of Terror, the radical phase of the French Revolution, ended on July 28, 1794, when Robespierre went to the guillotine.