French Revolution: Radical Revolution

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Minister of Justice for the Paris Commune

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Georges Danton

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Qualified individuals to vote

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electors

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Sudden overthrow of a government

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coup d'etat

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Dissenting groups

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Factions

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Upper legislative house under the 1795 Constitution

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Council of Elders

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Reign of Terror established courts to prosecute

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counterrevolutionaries

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Dissenting groups in the National Convention:

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Girondins and the Mountain

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Opposition to the Directory government included:

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conservatives and radicals

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The directory was toppled by:

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Committee of Public Safety's Reign of Terror purpose:

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defend France against foreign armies