History A-Level
Revolutionary crisis and emergency government
What Revolutionary crisis and emergency government means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Revolutionary crisis and emergency government
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Converging crises in 1793, including external threat, the Vendée revolt, economic pressures and political pressures, pushed the Convention towards emergency government and escalated repression.
Topics that use Revolutionary crisis and emergency government
- The National Convention, the Jacobins and the Terror, 1793–94 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Popular politics and the sans-culottes
- Revolutionary crisis and political fear
- The end of the Terror and the Thermidorean Reaction
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