The French

Revolution

The French

Republic

A National Convention

*The birth of political terror

A National Convention

*The birth of political terror

*Monism vs pluralism

One voice = unity =

strength

dissent

Many voices =

separation of powers

= many voices as the

nation’s strength

(American model)

A National Convention

*The birth of political terror

*Monism vs pluralism

* The Committee of Public Safety

A National Convention

*The birth of political terror

*Monism vs pluralism

* The Committee of Public Safety

*A nation in arms

* History’s Robespierre

Man of

necessity

Symbol of Tyranny

The Burgeois Republic(1794-1799)

The First Consul

Napoleon becomes the citizen

soverign.

* New aristocracy