HISC26H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Assignat, The Great Terror, Compulsory Education
Document Summary
August 1792, jacobins divided into factions: the more moderate girondins (lead by. Danton) and the more radical mountain (led by robespierre: (the film danton is an interesting depiction of the factional dispute. ) Terrible riots and organized mob violence occurred often in these years: august of 1792, attack of the tuileries palace, september of 1792, september massacres of prisoners rumored to be planning an attack on the army. Rhetoric became more radical after republic declared: talking about the end of 1792, one deputy said that the moment of catastrophe has arrive. We must annihilate them, or we will be crushed. We must, between 10 august 1792 and 1 january. 1793 traverse the space of several centuries with daring and courage. The war effort from emergency to terror, 1792-1793. French declared war on austria in april of 1792. By april of 1793, they were fighting austria, prussia, britain, dutch republic, spain, and the kingdoms of naples and sardinia.
