MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Reign of Terror
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Guillotine
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The Concert of Europe
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Committee of Public Safety
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who was Maximilien Robespierre? Maximilien Robespierre was a radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution of 1789. Robespierre briefly presided over the influential Jacobin Club, a political club based in Paris. He also served as president of the National Convention and on the Committee of Public Safety.
Detailed explanation-2: -He followed a severe policy of severe punishment and control. His period was known as reign of terror. He forbidden the use of the most expensive white flour, issued laws placing maximum ceiling on wages and prizes. Meat and bread were rationed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Robespierre, the leader of the Jacobin club, used a revolutionary tribunal to arrest, imprison and try all the people he saw as ‘enemies’ of the republic. He issued laws to maintain an upper limit on wages and prices. People were allowed to have only a fixed amount of meat and bread.