HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Maximilien Robespierre, Republicanism In The United States, Deism
17 Oct 2017
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Two issues dominated by the early debates and decisions of the national convention: (1) prosecution of the war, (2) what to do with deposed louis xvi. After the miracle of valmy the volunteer french armies, invigorated by the paris events, beat the combined armies back and successfully invaded belgium and the austrian netherlands, and the german border states. Once the territories were taken, convention decided to ensure freedom : annex them to france. Radical members of the convention decreed that the king should now be tried for treason. The vote to execute louis was very narrowly passed, resulting in deep divisions both within the. Executed on january 21, 1793 civil war erupted around france. France found itself invaded by foreign armies, now representing nearly all the major countries of europe. The use of conscription (which seemed to be an answer to the military problems) was a mixed blessing: it generated anti-government hostility that even more civil strife broke out.
