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Abolition of the Paris Section Committees
- When
- 24 August 1794
- Where
- Paris sections
- Part of
- French Directory Takes Power
The Convention abolished the committees of the Paris sections, bastions of Jacobin power, on 24 August 1794.
On 24 August 1794, the committees of the sections of Paris were abolished. These committees had been bastions of the Jacobins, providing most of the manpower for demonstrations and invasions of the Convention. Their removal weakened the organized popular movement that had driven revolutionary politics since 1793.
Sources
- French Directory Wikipedia
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