Usace
HIS 102—WESTERN CIVILIZATION II
Terms & Key Words—Section II
Topic #2: The Reign of Terror and the Guillotine
Storming of the Tuileries (Aug 1792): revolutionary event during which the king's Swiss Guards were massacred by the Paris mob, forcing Louis XVI to seek refuge with the National Assembly, which took him prisoner
Philippe Egalite: adopted name of the Duke of Orleans, who was a cousin of Louis XVI & who voted for the king's execution
sans-culottes: "without breeches"—the Paris mob who wore long trousers, not knee breeches like the aristocrats
Reign of Terror: period of extreme violence during the French Revolution implemented by Robespierre & his followers to protect the Revolution & establish the Republic of Virtue
Republic of Virtue: ideal state envisioned by Robespierre where all citizens would possess high moral standards & be dedicated patriots
guillotine: a supposedly humane mode of capital punishment, it was a modernized mechanism used to......
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