French National Convention

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governing body legislative body revolutionary assembly

The French National Convention was the revolutionary assembly that governed France from 1792 to 1795, overseeing the abolition of the monarchy, the establishment of the First French Republic, and key reforms during the radical phase of the French Revolution.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
French National Convention canonical	20
National Convention of France	7
French revolutionary government	2
National Convention (France)	2
French Revolutionary government	1
French Revolutionary government under the National Convention	1
National Convention (French Revolution)	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body ⓘ legislative body ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ
abolished	Feudalism remnants in France ⓘ French monarchy ⓘ
adopted	French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ surface form: 1793 Constitution of France French Constitution of 1795 ⓘ surface form: 1795 Constitution of France French Republican Calendar ⓘ
containedFaction	Girondins ⓘ Montagnards ⓘ Plain (La Plaine) ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
created	Committee of Finance ⓘ Committee of Public Safety ⓘ surface form: Committee of General Security Committee of Public Instruction ⓘ Committee of Public Safety ⓘ Committee of War ⓘ Committee of the Navy and Colonies ⓘ Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
declared	France a republic ⓘ
electionMethod	universal male suffrage (indirect) in 1792 ⓘ
endDate	1795-10-26 ⓘ
established	French First Republic ⓘ surface form: First French Republic
event	Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
followedBy	Council of Ancients ⓘ Council of Five Hundred (faction) ⓘ surface form: Council of Five Hundred Directory (France) ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundation of modern French republicanism ⓘ
implemented	Law of 22 Prairial ⓘ Law of Suspects ⓘ dechristianization policies ⓘ levée en masse ⓘ maximum on prices (Law of the Maximum) ⓘ universal male suffrage in principle ⓘ
introduced	metric system (in law) ⓘ
keyMember	Bertrand Barère ⓘ Georges Danton ⓘ Jacques-Pierre Brissot ⓘ surface form: Jacques Pierre Brissot Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ Lazare Carnot ⓘ Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ⓘ Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ Paul Barras (initially) ⓘ surface form: Paul Barras Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud ⓘ surface form: Pierre Vergniaud
language	French ⓘ
legislativePeriod	French Revolution ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
metAt	Salle des Machines ⓘ Salle du Manège ⓘ Tuileries Palace ⓘ
numberOfDeputies	749 ⓘ
oversaw	Vendée uprising repression ⓘ War of the First Coalition ⓘ federalist revolts ⓘ
politicalOrientation	revolutionary ⓘ
presidedOver	Reign of Terror ⓘ
reorganized	French administrative divisions ⓘ French education system in principle ⓘ
replaced	Legislative Assembly (France) ⓘ
startDate	1792-09-20 ⓘ
suppressed	Paris Commune (1792) ⓘ surface form: Paris Commune (revolutionary) after 1794
timePeriod	radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
tried	Girondins ⓘ surface form: Girondin leaders Louis XVI of France ⓘ surface form: Louis XVI Marie Antoinette ⓘ
voted	execution of Louis XVI ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

École Polytechnique → foundedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Girondins → politicalBody → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention of France

Battle of Valmy → associatedWith → French National Convention ⓘ

French Republican Army of the Alps → governedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Plain (La Plaine) → operatedIn → French National Convention ⓘ

Plain (La Plaine) → legislativeBody → French National Convention ⓘ

Peace of Basel between France and Spain → signedUnderGovernment → French National Convention ⓘ

Execution of Marie Antoinette → orderedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Revolutionary government

Élie Guadet → memberOf → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention of France

Jean-Marie Roland → participantIn → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention (France)

Madame Roland → associatedWith → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention (French Revolution)

Salle du Manège → associatedWith → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention of France

Army of Italy → allegiance → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention (France)

Dominique Joseph Garat → memberOf → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: French revolutionary government

vicomte de Barras → wasDeputyTo → French National Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Paul Barras

this entity surface form: National Convention of France

Jean-François Reubell → politicalAlignment → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: French revolutionary government

Battle of Wattignies → politicalContext → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Revolutionary government under the National Convention

ENS Paris → foundedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of Finance → operatedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of Finance → partOf → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of Finance → establishedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of War → operatedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of War → partOf → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of the Navy and Colonies → partOf → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of the Navy and Colonies → subordinateTo → French National Convention ⓘ

Committee of the Navy and Colonies → legislativeBody → French National Convention ⓘ

maximum on prices (Law of the Maximum) → implementedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: maximum on prices

The Plain → operatedIn → French National Convention ⓘ

The Plain → legislativeBody → French National Convention ⓘ

Nivôse → introducedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Germinal → introducedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

Fructidor → introducedBy → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention of France

National Convention for the department of Aisne → electoralCollegeFor → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention of France

National Convention for the department of Aisne → sentDeputyTo → French National Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Convention of France