National Convention

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The National Convention was the revolutionary assembly that governed France during the most radical phase of the French Revolution, overseeing the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body
legislative body
revolutionary assembly
adopted Constitution of 1793
Constitution of 1795
French Republican Calendar
alsoKnownAs Convention nationale
linked to: National Convention
country France
created Committee of General Security
Committee of Public Safety
dateOfAbolitionOfMonarchy 1792-09-21
dateOfExecutionOfLouisXVI 1793-01-21
dateOfProclamationOfRepublic 1792-09-22
dateOfThermidorianReaction 1794-07-27
declared France a republic
disestablished 1795
endDate 1795-10-26
endedWith Thermidorian Reaction
established 1792
followedBy Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred
Directory (France)
governmentForm republican government
historicalPeriod radical phase of the French Revolution
implemented Reign of Terror policies
dechristianization policies
levée en masse
introduced universal male suffrage (in principle)
jurisdiction First French Republic
keyFigure Bertrand Barère
Georges Danton
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Jean-Paul Marat
Lazare Carnot
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Maximilien Robespierre
language French
legislatureNumber single-chamber
legislatureType unicameral legislature
location Paris
metAt Palais des Tuileries
linked to: Tuileries Palace

Salle du Manège
linked to: Maison du Roi

Tuileries Palace
notableEvent Thermidorian Reaction
execution of Louis XVI
trial of Louis XVI
ordered execution of Louis XVI
execution of Robespierre
oversaw abolition of the French monarchy
proclamation of the First French Republic
partOf French Revolution
politicalFaction Girondins
Jacobins
linked to: Jacobin Club

Montagnards
Plain (La Plaine)
politicalOrientation radical phase of the French Revolution
precededBy Legislative Assembly (France)
presidedOver Reign of Terror
removed Robespierre from power
reorganized French armies
linked to: French Army
roleInWar directed French Revolutionary Wars
startDate 1792-09-20

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Jacques-Louis David memberOf National Convention
French Revolution legislativeBody National Convention
National Convention alsoKnownAs Convention nationale
linked to: National Convention
Louis XVI of France convictedBy National Convention
Execution of Louis XVI presidingBody National Convention
Directory replaced National Convention
Georges Danton memberOf National Convention
Jean-Paul Marat memberOf National Convention
Storming of the Tuileries Palace relatedTo National Convention
Montagnards basedIn National Convention
French Constitution of 1793 suspendedBy National Convention
Camille Desmoulins memberOf National Convention
Thermidorian Reaction legislativeBodyInvolved National Convention
Legislative Assembly followedBy National Convention
Legislative Assembly replacedBy National Convention
French First Republic legislature National Convention
French First Republic headOfState National Convention (collective)
linked to: National Convention
Institut de France foundedBy National Convention
French Directory precededBy National Convention
Pierre-Roger Ducos politicalInstitution National Convention
Council of Ancients follows National Convention
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès memberOf National Convention
Tribunate precededBy National Convention
Bertrand Barère memberOf National Convention
Directory (France) replaces National Convention
French Republican Calendar introducedBy National Convention
Committee of Public Safety partOf National Convention
Committee of Public Safety subsidiaryOf National Convention
Committee of Public Safety legislativeBody National Convention
Committee of Public Safety appointedBy National Convention
Jean-Baptiste Carrier representedIn National Convention
Legislative Assembly (France) followedBy National Convention
Legislative Assembly (France) replacedBy National Convention
Georges Couthon memberOf National Convention
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne memberOf National Convention
Trial of Louis XVI location National Convention
Trial of Louis XVI organizer National Convention
Trial of Louis XVI presidingBody National Convention
Execution of Marie Antoinette orderedBy National Convention
Cult of the Supreme Being establishedBy National Convention
editing L'Ami du peuple relatedTo NationalConvention
linked to: National Convention
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai memberOf National Convention
Law of Suspects legislativeBody National Convention
Law of 22 Prairial legislativeBody National Convention
editing the newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier aimedAt NationalConventionDeputies
linked to: National Convention
Revolutionary Tribunal createdBy National Convention
Jean-Baptiste Drouet associatedWith National Convention