USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Robespierre’s goal?
A
toget rid of the French monarchy
B
the get rid of the National Convention
C
to get rid of the French nobility
D
Both orange and blue are correct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In order to achieve an ideal society, Robespierre determined that there could be no splintering factions, only one expressed will. The Reign of Terror was the roughly one year-long period during the French Revolution when many public executions and massacres were carried out by the Revolutionary government.

Detailed explanation-2: -Not only did it put an end to the feudal system, disband a kingdom and its monarchy, and establish civil laws and fairer representation of all peoples under governance, it also served to unify and strengthen France as a country and a people.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In a speech given to the National Convention in February 1794, Robespierre justifies the use of revolutionary terror: “To found and consolidate democracy, to achieve the peaceable reign of the constitutional laws, we must end the war of liberty against tyranny and pass safely across the storms of the revolution.

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