History A-Level
Counter-revolution and internal war
What Counter-revolution and internal war means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Counter-revolution and internal war
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Vendée revolt from March 1793 tied down troops and showed internal counter-revolution, stretching military resources and provoking brutal reprisals.
Topics that use Counter-revolution and internal war
- The National Convention, the Jacobins and the Terror, 1793–94 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Factional coalitions and the fall of Robespierre
- Hébertists
- Law of Frimaire
- Political factionalism and the purge of the Girondins
- Popular politics and the sans-culottes
- Revolutionary crisis and emergency government
- Revolutionary crisis and political fear
- The end of the Terror and the Thermidorean Reaction
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