National Convention

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governing body legislative body revolutionary assembly

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Convention nationale	1
National Convention (collective)	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body ⓘ legislative body ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ
adopted	French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of 1793 French Constitution of 1795 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of 1795 French Republican Calendar ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Convention ⓘ surface form: Convention nationale
country	France ⓘ
created	Committee of Public Safety ⓘ surface form: 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 (faction) ⓘ surface form: 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	French First Republic ⓘ surface form: 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	Tuileries Palace ⓘ surface form: Palais des Tuileries Maison du Roi ⓘ surface form: Salle du Manège 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 ⓘ Jacobin Club ⓘ surface form: Jacobins Montagnards ⓘ Plain (La Plaine) ⓘ
politicalOrientation	radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
precededBy	Legislative Assembly (France) ⓘ
presidedOver	Reign of Terror ⓘ
removed	Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ surface form: Robespierre from power
reorganized	French Army ⓘ surface form: French armies
roleInWar	directed French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
startDate	1792-09-20 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Convention → alsoKnownAs → National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention nationale

Committee of Public Safety → appointedBy → National Convention ⓘ

Montagnards → basedIn → National Convention ⓘ

Louis XVI of France → convictedBy → National Convention ⓘ

Legislative Assembly → followedBy → National Convention ⓘ

Legislative Assembly (France) → followedBy → National Convention ⓘ

Council of Ancients → follows → National Convention ⓘ

Institut de France → foundedBy → National Convention ⓘ

French First Republic → headOfState → National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention (collective)

French Republican Calendar → introducedBy → National Convention ⓘ

Committee of Public Safety → legislativeBody → National Convention ⓘ

French Revolution → legislativeBody → National Convention ⓘ

Thermidorian Reaction → legislativeBodyInvolved → National Convention ⓘ

French Constitution of 1793 → legislativeBodyName → National Convention ⓘ

French First Republic → legislature → National Convention ⓘ

Bertrand Barère → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Camille Desmoulins → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Georges Couthon → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Georges Danton → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Jacques-Louis David → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Jean-Paul Marat → memberOf → National Convention ⓘ

Committee of Public Safety → partOf → National Convention ⓘ

Pierre-Roger Ducos → politicalInstitution → National Convention ⓘ

French Directory → precededBy → National Convention ⓘ

Tribunate → precededBy → National Convention ⓘ

Execution of Louis XVI → presidingBody → National Convention ⓘ

Storming of the Tuileries Palace → relatedTo → National Convention ⓘ

Directory → replaced → National Convention ⓘ

Legislative Assembly → replacedBy → National Convention ⓘ

Legislative Assembly (France) → replacedBy → National Convention ⓘ

Directory (France) → replaces → National Convention ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste Carrier → representedIn → National Convention ⓘ

Committee of Public Safety → subsidiaryOf → National Convention ⓘ

French Constitution of 1793 → suspendedBy → National Convention ⓘ