National Convention

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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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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

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Desmoulins memberOf National Convention
subject surface form: Camille Desmoulins
The Mountain legislativeBody National Convention
The Mountain dominantIn National Convention
Vendée uprising opposedBy National Convention
The Terror significantOrganization National Convention
citizen Louis Capet triedBy National Convention
subject surface form: Citizen Louis Capet
President of the National Convention partOf National Convention
Directory (collective) precededBy National Convention
Jean Antoine Debry memberOf National Convention
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud memberOf National Convention
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai wasMemberOf National Convention
Director (French Directory) replaces National Convention
subject surface form: French Directory
Roger Ducos memberOf National Convention
Jean-Jacques-Régis memberOf National Convention
subject surface form: Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Pierre-Claude-François Daunou memberOf National Convention
Levée en masse issuedBy National Convention
Committee of Public Instruction partOf National Convention
Committee of Finance meetsAt National Convention
The Plain memberOf National Convention
this entity surface form: National Convention deputies
Frimaire introducedByDecreeOf National Convention
Ventôse introducedBy National Convention
Thermidor introducedBy National Convention
Sansculottides introducedBy National Convention
Fabre d’Églantine memberOf National Convention
Committee of General Defense legislativeBody National Convention
Committee of General Defense createdBy National Convention
Prieur de la Marne memberOf National Convention
Gilbert Romme memberOf National Convention
Gilbert Romme legislativeBody National Convention