MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The document used to write the French constitution.
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Execution machine used during the French Revolution.
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A type of french bread.
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A French peasant.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At first the machine was called a louisette, or louison, after its inventor, French surgeon and physiologist Antoine Louis, but later it became known as la guillotine. Later the French underworld dubbed it “the widow.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The guillotine was a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded. This device was invented by Dr. Guillotin.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1793, King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by the guillotine after he was found to have been conspiring with other countries and engaging in counter-revolutionary acts. He was found guilty of treason and later executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette, the former Queen of France, was executed by the guillotine.
Detailed explanation-4: -The device soon became known as the “guillotine” after its advocate, and more than 10, 000 people lost their heads by guillotine during the Revolution, including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the former king and queen of France.