MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Louis XVI
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Robespierre
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Rousseau
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Detailed explanation-1: -The leader of this group was a man named Robespierre. Robespierre was also the leader of a radical group called the Jacobins . The Jacobins felt that it was their duty to preserve the revolution, even if it meant violence and terror. The Committee of Public Safety introduced several new laws.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17, 000 enemies of the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Who led the Reign of Terror? When the Terror began, the most influential group in the Convention was called the Jacobins. The most prominent members of this group were Robespierre (1758-1794), Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) and Georges Danton (1759-1794), according to McPhee.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.