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Tallien remained influential as the Convention increasingly favored measures against surviving Jacobin networks. The realignment changed political alliances without ending intense conflict over the Revolution's legacy.
Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding moderate factions regain leverage at Paris. The realignment changed political alliances without ending intense conflict over the Revolution's legacy. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
Marches his forces into Amsterdam
Barras publicly attacked returning emigres as Thermidorian politics moved against royalist influence before the establishment of the Directory.
Boissy d'Anglas reports on religious policy, and the Convention guarantees private freedom of worship while ending state financial support for religious institutions.
The Convention adopted a decree allowing religious worship subject to public-order restrictions and without state financing. Gregoire's advocacy of religious liberty formed part of the debate over a less coercive settlement.
Henri-Baptiste Gregoire figured in events surrounding freedom of worship recognized at Paris. Gregoire's advocacy of religious liberty formed part of the debate over a less coercive settlement. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.
Closes the Pantheon down when it protests about the arrest of Babeufs wife
Sieyes entered the Committee of Public Safety during the final phase of the Convention and participated in post-Thermidor government.
Carnot was promoted to chef de bataillon while continuing his political and military work during the final months of the Convention.
Sieyes helped secure the reinstatement of deputies previously arrested as associates of the Girondins.
Hungry demonstrators entered the Convention during the Germinal uprising demanding bread and the democratic constitution of 1793. Tallien and other deputies confronted renewed pressure from Parisian popular movements.
Jean-Lambert Tallien figured in events surrounding germinal crowd invades convention at Paris. Tallien and other deputies confronted renewed pressure from Parisian popular movements. It formed part of the unsettled transition that eventually produced the Constitution of Year III and the Directory.
The Germinal rising shows continuing popular anger after the Thermidorian settlement
General Pichegru was summoned to assist the Convention in restoring order after the Germinal disturbances. The use of regular military authority indicated the regime's mistrust of radical street politics.
Jean-Charles Pichegru figured in events surrounding pichegru called to secure paris at Paris. The use of regular military authority indicated the regime's mistrust of radical street politics. This episode contributed to the replacement of centralized Jacobin emergency rule with a less unified, more conservative Convention.
The post Thermidor government relied on troops and armed supporters when popular crowds challenged the Convention. Control of the capital's armed units remained essential to the survival of the ruling deputies.
Sieyes helped advance a law of general police as the Convention tried to stabilise government after the Terror.
Fouquier Tinville was condemned after a lengthy trial examining his conduct during the Terror. His execution symbolized the Thermidorian backlash against revolutionary judicial repression.
Sieyes signed the peace treaty concluded at The Hague between France and the Batavian Republic.
Boissy d'Anglas remains at the presidential chair during the Prairial invasion and continues proceedings despite threats from armed demonstrators.
During the invasion of the Convention by insurgents demanding bread, deputy Feraud was killed and his severed head displayed. The violence intensified the determination of the majority to suppress the uprising.
Jean-Bertrand Feraud figured in events surrounding feraud murdered during prairial revolt at Paris. The violence intensified the determination of the majority to suppress the uprising. It exposed divisions among revolutionary deputies over who should control punishment, representation and public order.
Feraud is killed while attempting to protect the Convention during the Prairial uprising, when armed demonstrators invade the chamber demanding bread and the Constitution of 1793.
The Prairial uprising is suppressed and the remaining power of the Paris sans culottes is broken
Boissy d'Anglas presided amid the Prairial disturbances and resisted the demand that armed crowds dictate legislative decisions. His conduct became a symbol of the Convention's claim to independence from insurgent pressure.
Francois Antoine Boissy d'Anglas figured in events surrounding boissy d'anglas withstands uprising at Paris. His conduct became a symbol of the Convention's claim to independence from insurgent pressure. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
The former public prosecutor stood trial for actions taken under the Revolutionary Tribunal's emergency procedures. His conviction reflected a sharp reversal in the official assessment of Terror era justice.
The Prairial uprising exposed disagreements between armed citizens supporting protesters and those defending the Convention. The authorities regained control with military assistance and then weakened radical sectional networks.
Tallien returned to the Committee of Public Safety as Thermidorian leaders confronted renewed unrest in Paris.
Romme was among deputies condemned for their association with the Prairial uprising. The prosecution of the so-called martyrs of Prairial demonstrated the harsh response to the radical left.
Gilbert Romme figured in events surrounding prairial deputies prosecuted at Paris. The prosecution of the so-called martyrs of Prairial demonstrated the harsh response to the radical left. Its importance lay in the transfer of effective authority away from the political networks that had dominated during the Terror.
Frederick William II withdraws from the War of the First Coalition
Tallien was sent to the Army of the West during the continuing struggle against royalist and counter-revolutionary forces.
Tallien observed operations connected with the defeat of the royalist expedition at Quiberon and supported severe measures against captured participants.
Massenas 1st military victory
Boissy d'Anglas helps shape the Constitution of Year III, creating a bicameral legislature and a five-member executive Directory.
Daunou helped develop the Constitution of Year III establishing a bicameral legislature and a five-member executive Directory. The settlement sought to avoid both single-person dictatorship and renewed popular insurrection.
Pierre Claude Francois Daunou figured in events surrounding constitution of year iii adopted at Paris. The settlement sought to avoid both single-person dictatorship and renewed popular insurrection. It formed part of the unsettled transition that eventually produced the Constitution of Year III and the Directory.
Appointed Head of the Directory
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