French National Convention

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The French National Convention was the revolutionary assembly that governed France from 1792 to 1795, overseeing the abolition of the monarchy, the establishment of the First French Republic, and key reforms during the radical phase of the French Revolution.

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instanceOf governing body
legislative body
revolutionary assembly
abolished Feudalism remnants in France
French monarchy
adopted 1793 Constitution of France
1795 Constitution of France
French Republican Calendar
containedFaction Girondins
Montagnards
Plain (La Plaine)
country France
created Committee of Finance
Committee of General Security
Committee of Public Instruction
Committee of Public Safety
Committee of War
Committee of the Navy and Colonies
Revolutionary Tribunal
declared France a republic
electionMethod universal male suffrage (indirect) in 1792
endDate 1795-10-26
established First French Republic
event Thermidorian Reaction
followedBy Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred
Directory (France)
historicalSignificance foundation of modern French republicanism
implemented Law of 22 Prairial
Law of Suspects
dechristianization policies
levée en masse
maximum on prices (Law of the Maximum)
universal male suffrage in principle
introduced metric system (in law)
keyMember Bertrand Barère
Georges Danton
Jacques Pierre Brissot
Jean-Paul Marat
Lazare Carnot
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Maximilien Robespierre
Paul Barras
Pierre Vergniaud
language French
legislativePeriod French Revolution
location Paris
metAt Salle des Machines
Salle du Manège
Tuileries Palace
numberOfDeputies 749
oversaw Vendée uprising repression
War of the First Coalition
federalist revolts
politicalOrientation revolutionary
presidedOver Reign of Terror
reorganized French administrative divisions
French education system in principle
replaced Legislative Assembly (France)
startDate 1792-09-20
suppressed Paris Commune (revolutionary) after 1794
timePeriod radical phase of the French Revolution
tried Girondin leaders
linked to: Girondins

Louis XVI
linked to: Louis XVI of France

Marie Antoinette
voted execution of Louis XVI

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École Polytechnique foundedBy French National Convention
Girondins politicalBody National Convention of France
linked to: French National Convention
Battle of Valmy associatedWith French National Convention
French Republican Army of the Alps governedBy French National Convention
Plain (La Plaine) operatedIn French National Convention
Plain (La Plaine) legislativeBody French National Convention
Execution of Marie Antoinette orderedBy French Revolutionary government
linked to: French National Convention
Élie Guadet memberOf National Convention of France
linked to: French National Convention
Jean-Marie Roland participantIn National Convention (France)
linked to: French National Convention
Madame Roland associatedWith National Convention (French Revolution)
linked to: French National Convention
Salle du Manège associatedWith National Convention of France
linked to: French National Convention
Army of Italy allegiance National Convention (France)
linked to: French National Convention
Dominique Joseph Garat memberOf French revolutionary government
linked to: French National Convention
Paul Barras wasDeputyTo National Convention of France
subject linked to: vicomte de Barras
linked to: French National Convention
Jean-François Reubell politicalAlignment French revolutionary government
linked to: French National Convention
Battle of Wattignies politicalContext French Revolutionary government under the National Convention
linked to: French National Convention
ENS Paris foundedBy French National Convention
Committee of Finance operatedBy French National Convention
Committee of Finance partOf French National Convention
Committee of Finance establishedBy French National Convention
Committee of War operatedBy French National Convention
Committee of War partOf French National Convention
Committee of the Navy and Colonies partOf French National Convention
Committee of the Navy and Colonies subordinateTo French National Convention
Committee of the Navy and Colonies legislativeBody French National Convention
maximum on prices implementedBy French National Convention
The Plain operatedIn French National Convention
The Plain legislativeBody French National Convention
Nivôse introducedBy French National Convention
Germinal introducedBy French National Convention
Fructidor introducedBy National Convention of France
linked to: French National Convention
National Convention for the department of Aisne electoralCollegeFor National Convention of France
linked to: French National Convention
National Convention for the department of Aisne sentDeputyTo National Convention of France
linked to: French National Convention