MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Louis XVI
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Marie Antoinette
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Robespierre
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Napoleon
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Detailed explanation-1: -In July 1794 Robespierre was arrested and executed as were many of his fellow Jacobins, thereby ending the Reign of Terror, which was succeeded by the Thermidorian Reaction. Learn about the most famous political group of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shortly thereafter, troops of the National Convention attacked the Hotel de Ville and seized Robespierre and his allies. The next evening–July 28–Robespierre and 21 others were guillotined without a trial in the Place de la Revolution. During the next few days, another 82 Robespierre followers were executed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Committee’s powers were gradually eroded. For a long time it was considered that the Terror ended on 9 Thermidor year II (27 July 1794) with the fall of Robespierre and his supporters and their execution the following day.
Detailed explanation-4: -The period of the French Revolution from 1792-1793 is called the Reign of Terror. Robespierre, the leader of the Jacobin club, used a revolutionary tribunal to arrest people who seemed to be against the republic nation. They were guillotined, when found guilty.