MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Guillotine gala
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The reign of blood
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The reign of terror
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Let there be blood
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the most recognizable and terrifying symbols of the French Revolution is the guillotine. Named for Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the man who created it, the guillotine was developed as a way to execute people in a more humane way. Dr.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Jacobins were left-wing revolutionaries who aimed to end the reign of King Louis XVI and establish a French republic in which political authority came from the people. The Jacobins were the most famous and radical political faction involved in the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Jacobins were members of an influential political club during the French Revolution. They were radical revolutionaries who plotted the downfall of the king and the rise of the French Republic. They are often associated with a period of violence during the French Revolution called “the Terror."
Detailed explanation-4: -The man charged with operating Paris’s guillotine throughout the turbulent 1790s was the same man who had been poised to execute Jean Louschart before the mob intervened. His name was Charles-Henri Sanson, chief executioner to both Louis XVI and the republican regime that swept the ancien régime aside.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nicolas Jacques Pelletier (c. 1756 – 25 April 1792) was a French highwayman who was the first person to be executed by guillotine.