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(22.3) Dawn of a New Era
Birth of a Republic, Death of a king, Spreading the Revolution, Reign of Terror, The Directory, Napoleon takes over
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| National Convention | met in Paris to create a new government for France (1792 - 1795) |
| guillotine | killing machine that took Louis XVI's head |
| sans culottes | paris shopkeepers, artisans, and workers (literally - "without Breeches." |
| Jacobins | extreme radicals in the National Convention |
| Girondists | moderates |
| conscription | the draft |
| reign of terror | Jacobin effort to crush opposition - July 1793 - july 1794 |
| Robspierre | head of the committee of Public Safety |
| Committee of Public safety | ruled France during the Reign of Terror |
| the directory | executive coucil of five members set up by the Constitution of 1795 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | young general who won victories and popularity as the directory's popularity waned |
| coup d'etat | a quick seizure of power |
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