1794Centralization of the Terror: Provincial Tribunals Closed

May 8: the revolutionary government decided that the Terror ...
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1794

🏛️ Centralization of the Terror: Provincial Tribunals Closed

May 8: the revolutionary government decided that the Terror would be centralised, with almost all the tribunals in the provinces closed and all the trials held in Paris.
Centralization of the Terror: Provincial Tribunals Closed (1794)
French RevolutionReign of TerrorCentralizationJustice SystemTribunalsParisPolitical ControlRevolutionary GovernmentLaw

🏛️ National Government Takes Direct Control of Paris

August 31: The Convention puts Paris under the direct control of the national government.
French RevolutionParisNational ConventionCentralizationGovernment ControlPolitical PowerRevolutionary GovernmentJacobins