History 1401E Midterm: History IDs: Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Committee of Public Safety, The Terror, Vendée
19 Mar 2018
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Declaration of the rights of man and citizen. What: declaration by the national assembly of france, which details a french society comprised of citizens with far-reaching rights that were extremely progressive for its time. Why: a fundamental document of the french revolution. Enshrined rights for all men, helped develop human rights law: committee of public safety. What: a committee formed during the french revolution that had significant control over the internal state of france and initiated the terror. Why important: essentially a dictatorship when france was in war with most european countries including britain. Tried to save the revolution: the terror. What: state-sponsored chaos in france that saw the execution of thousands of people, innocent or guilty, on the charge of being a threat to the republic. War spread to vendee and hostile armies surrounded france, revolutionists declared terror and took harsh measures on enemy . Law of 22 prairial: suspended a suspect"s right to public trial and legal assistance.
