HISC26H3 Lecture 7: March 8
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Robespierre guillotine"s the executioner after having guillotined the whole of france (1794) So many developments of the revolution to be seen existed in future revolutions. The ways that reactionary and periods are defined by the period that people reacted; oppose authority and bring about change to those wrongs. Pragmatic attempt to reverse the worst types of policies. Thermidorean reaction: the attempt to overcome the terror and re-establish unity and stability. The white terror: waves of violent counter-terror, jacobins terrorists targeted, particularly in rural regions in the southeast. The maximum was rescinded: grain prices shot up, firewood that cost 20 francs in 1790 cost 500 francs by 1795. Atlantic and mediterranean ports blockaded by brits. Industries such as textiles had been hurt by the maximum (selling goods below their cost of production) Created 5 person collective executive ( the directory : directory elected by two houses of legislature, relatively free of legislature once elected.
