Thermidorian Reaction

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The Thermidorian Reaction was a pivotal phase of the French Revolution marked by the overthrow and execution of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror, leading to a more moderate republican government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup
phase of the French Revolution
political event
alsoKnownAs Thermidorian Reaction
surface form: Thermidorian coup
calendar French Republican Calendar
cause conflicts within the Committee of Public Safety
fear of further purges by Robespierre
opposition to the Reign of Terror
country France
endDate 1795-11-02
endDateInFrenchRepublicanCalendar 12 Brumaire Year IV
followedBy French Directory
FrenchName Thermidorian Reaction self-linksurface differs
surface form: Réaction thermidorienne
historicalPeriod late French Revolution
keyEvent arrest of Maximilien Robespierre
execution of Georges Couthon
execution of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
execution of Maximilien Robespierre
execution of Robespierre’s supporters on 10 Thermidor Year II
languageOfName French
legislativeBodyInvolved National Convention
location Paris
longTermEffect consolidation of bourgeois power in France
decline of popular revolutionary politics
preparation of conditions for Napoleon’s rise
mainTarget Committee of Public Safety radicals
Maximilien Robespierre
namedAfter month of Thermidor
opposedBy radical Jacobins
opposes policies of the Reign of Terror
radical Jacobinism
partOf French Revolution
politicalAlignment moderate republicanism
precededBy Reign of Terror
result White Terror against former Jacobins
closure of Jacobin Club
end of the Reign of Terror
establishment of the Directory
fall of Maximilien Robespierre
loosening of price controls
partial dismantling of revolutionary tribunals
rise of the Thermidorian Convention
shift to more moderate republican government
suppression of radical Jacobins
weakening of the Committee of Public Safety
startDate 1794-07-27
startDateInFrenchRepublicanCalendar 9 Thermidor Year II
supportedBy members of the National Convention
moderate revolutionaries

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Thermidorian Reaction FrenchName Thermidorian Reaction self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Réaction thermidorienne
Thermidorian Reaction alsoKnownAs Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Thermidorian coup
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just associatedWithEvent Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Fall of Robespierre (9 Thermidor Year II)
French Constitution of 1795 context Thermidorian Reaction
Montagnards declineEvent Thermidorian Reaction
French Constitution of 1795 draftedBy Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Thermidorian Convention
Reign of Terror endedBy Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Coup of 9 Thermidor
National Convention endedWith Thermidorian Reaction
French First Republic event Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Coup of 9 Thermidor
French National Convention event Thermidorian Reaction
Reign of Terror followedBy Thermidorian Reaction
French Revolution keyEvent Thermidorian Reaction
National Convention notableEvent Thermidorian Reaction
Committee of Public Safety opposedBy Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Thermidorians
Jean-Baptiste Carrier opposedBy Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Thermidorians
Maximilien Robespierre participatedIn Thermidorian Reaction
this entity surface form: Thermidorian events of 9 Thermidor Year II
Paul Barras (initially) participatedIn Thermidorian Reaction
subject surface form: Paul Barras
Paul Barras (initially) participatedIn Thermidorian Reaction
subject surface form: Paul Barras
this entity surface form: Coup of 9 Thermidor
Directory precededBy Thermidorian Reaction
Committee of Public Safety significantEvent Thermidorian Reaction