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Lesson 7
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ARCO
■ SAT II Subject Tests
On July 14, 1789, incited by rumors that the King had ordered troops to disperse the members of
the National Assembly, mobs in Paris stormed and destroyed the Bastille, a prison. At first the National
Assembly was controlled by moderates and adopted a number of reforms, and in 1791 it produced a
constitution providing for a limited monarchy. The limited monarchy, however, was short-lived. Fearful
that foreign powers would crush the revolution and reinstitute an absolute monarchy, radicals seized
control of the government. The legislature deposed the king and called for the election of a National
Convention to create a new constitution.
The National Convention declared France a republic, tried Louis XVI, and executed him on the
guillotine. In the face of the military invasion, the radicals, or Jacobins, concentrated all governmen-
tal power in the Committee of Public Safety, initially under the control of Danton and later under
Robespierre. The Committee of Public Safety instituted the Reign of Terror, during which many
persons suspected of treason were arrested and guillotined on questionable evidence. Eventually,
people turned against the radicals, and in 1794 both Danton and Robespierre were guillotined.
The French people had wearied of the upheaval of the revolution by 1799. In that year, Napoleon was
able to overthrow the Directory.