Paris Commune (1792)

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The Paris Commune of 1792 was the radical revolutionary municipal government of Paris that played a key role in pushing the French Revolution toward greater extremism and popular violence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf local government
political institution
revolutionary municipal government
conflictWith Girondins
controlled National Guard of Paris
country France
demanded price controls on basic goods
punishment of counter-revolutionaries
universal male suffrage
dissolved 1794
endTime 1794
governmentType revolutionary municipal council
headquarters Hôtel de Ville, Paris
historicalPeriod late 18th century
ideology direct democracy
popular sovereignty
radical egalitarianism
influenced policies of the National Convention
language French
leader Antoine Santerre
Georges Danton
Jacques-René Hébert
linked to: Jacques Hébert

Jean-Paul Marat
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette
locatedIn French First Republic
Paris
Île-de-France
notableFor popular violence
pressure on national representative bodies
radicalization of revolutionary politics
opposed Feuillant constitutional monarchists
linked to: Feuillants

King Louis XVI
linked to: Louis XVI of France
participatedIn trial and execution of Louis XVI
partOf French Revolution
politicalAlignment Montagnard faction
linked to: Montagnards

radical republicanism
sans-culotte movement
pressured Legislative Assembly
replacedBy Paris municipal administration under the Thermidorians
roleIn overthrow of the French monarchy
radicalization of the French Revolution
significantEvent Insurrection of 10 August 1792
September Massacres
startTime 1792-08-10
supported Montagnards in the National Convention
supportedBy sans-culottes
timePeriod Reign of Terror
used sections of Paris as political base

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September Massacres relatedTo Paris Commune (1792)
War of the First Coalition precededBy French Revolutionary insurrections of 1792
linked to: Paris Commune (1792)
French National Convention suppressed Paris Commune (revolutionary) after 1794
linked to: Paris Commune (1792)
Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 hasParticipant Paris Commune
linked to: Paris Commune (1792)
Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 organizedBy Paris Commune
linked to: Paris Commune (1792)
Hôtel de la Force associatedWith Paris Commune of 1792
linked to: Paris Commune (1792)