The French Revolution 1789-1795Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
History
The French Revolution 1789-1795
Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Committee of Public Safety, instituted, 145;
acquires power over the Convention, 166;
does not dare to risk a collision with the Commune, 167;
composition of, 200;
gains over the mob, 203;
dictatorship of, 204;
dissatisfaction of Robespierre with, 205;
extension of the Terror by, 208;
Robespierre’s management of, 214;
discord in, 217;
reorganisation of, after the Terror, 221
Commune of Paris, the, first organisation of, 81;
dispersion of the municipal council of, 116;
reconstruction of, 119;
organises the September massacres, 121;
re-election of, 129;
heads the movement for the proscription of the Girondists, 153;
its power independent of the Convention, 167;
controls the revolutionary army, 174;
is attacked by Robespierre, 198;
is reconstituted by Robespierre, 205;
is broken up, 221
Condé surrenders, 161
Conscription, the, resorted to, 170
Constituent Assembly, the, fusion of the orders in, 38;
its dissolution desired by the Queen, 43;
abolishes feudal services, 49;
formation of parties in, 51;
wishes to establish constitutional government, 55;
constitutional provisions of, 58;
annuls regulations impeding the circulation of corn, 59;
removes to Paris, 62;
completes the constitution, 65;
appropriates Church property, 67;
enacts the civil constitution of the clergy, 69;
increase of party spirit in, 70;
abolishes titles of nobility, 71;
leaves the King without authority, 72;
presents the constitution to the King, and dissolves itself, 93
Constitution, of 1791, 65, 92;
of 1793, 158;
of 1795, 247
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