MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Catholics angered by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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liberal nobles eager to promote economic progress.
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provincial middle-class businessmen concerned about excessive centralization of government.
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a group of small property owners and wage laborers in Paris who were concerned about high food prices.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Committee of Public Safety was created by the National Convention in 1793 with the intent to defend the nation against foreign and domestic enemies, as well as to oversee the new functions of the executive government. Members were elected and served for a period of one month.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17, 000 enemies of the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -It successfully defeated France’s external enemies but was largely responsible for the Reign of Terror, and its ruthless methods, at a time of growing economic distress, led to increasing opposition.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Committee of Public Safety took actions to defend the French Republic by passing a series of laws that both helped the war effort and allowed for the arrests and executions of counter-revolutionaries within France itself.