Progress of the War
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- The Progress of the War
- 1793-94
- September 93 war was going in France's favour. The First Coalition members pursued their own ends rather than co-operating. The measures taken by the CPS enabled victory.
- October, Austrians driven out.
- December, Toulon was recaptured and British fleet expelled.
- June, Netherlands defeated at Fleurus (94) France then went on the offensive until all opponents defeated.
- Levee en masse
- Carnot was the CPS' member responsible for war strategy and personnel. He was behind the decree of August 23rd that ordered conscription.
- Produced an army of 800,000 men by 94.
- CPS put France on a war footing, men drawn into expanded industries, food production, trapsnort.
- Women were to staff hospitals and make clothes.
- Government control of the economy for war made victory possible.
- The Coming of the Terror
- Grain price contols imposed by the NC in May 93 backfired. Led to a growth in black market for grain. Grain supplies fell and food prices rose. Further measures making hoarding grain a capital offence did not work either.
- Extremists in Paris (ENRAGES) called for higher taxes on the rich, death to hoarders and arrest of political suspects. NC surrounded, again, by demonstrators wanting this and a SC army. Deputies agreed. Force of 7,000 men set up. A general maximum was passed; which enforced wage and price controls.
- Enrages: Insult 'angry ones' given to militants.
- Added to the threats of external war were:
- Internal revolt
- SC power
- Personal attacks to NC
- Extremists in Paris (ENRAGES) called for higher taxes on the rich, death to hoarders and arrest of political suspects. NC surrounded, again, by demonstrators wanting this and a SC army. Deputies agreed. Force of 7,000 men set up. A general maximum was passed; which enforced wage and price controls.
- Enrages: Insult 'angry ones' given to militants.
- Extremists in Paris (ENRAGES) called for higher taxes on the rich, death to hoarders and arrest of political suspects. NC surrounded, again, by demonstrators wanting this and a SC army. Deputies agreed. Force of 7,000 men set up. A general maximum was passed; which enforced wage and price controls.
- Political Terror
- NC passed the Law of Suspects September 93 widening the definition on who was against the Revolution:
- Royalists
- Federalists
- Relations of emigres
- Anyone without civisme from the local watch committee.
- Civisme: Good citizenship, being a good citizen.
- Watch committee were to arrest these suspects and send details to the CGS.
- Prison numbers rose and the Paris Revolutionary Tribunal was divided into 4 sections, 2 sitting at any one time, to speed up the process.
- NC passed the Law of Suspects September 93 widening the definition on who was against the Revolution:
- Executions
- The pace of convictions and executions increased. Between March and September 93, 70 guillotined in Paris. October and December 178.
- Elsewhere was worse in the suppression of the Vendee and Federalist revolts.
- Religious Terror
- Dechristianisation spread across FR by 94. Driven by SC, revoltuionary armies and reps on mission such as Fouche (NOT NC)
- Removal of thousands of priests and closure of churches.
- 1793-94
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