History A-Level
Popular insurrection and the sans-culottes
What Popular insurrection and the sans-culottes means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The invasion of the Tuileries by sans-culottes pressured the king, and the journée of 10 August was a violent insurrection that stormed the Tuileries.
Topics that use Popular insurrection and the sans-culottes
- Revolution and the failure of constitutional monarchy, 1789–93 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Brunswick Manifesto
- flight to Varennes
- Great Fear
- October Days
- Republicanism
- Revolutionary justice and violence
- Royalist support
- Sans-culottes
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