MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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What was the result of Robespierre’s effort to make a Republic of Virtue?
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Festival of the Supreme Being
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End of the Terror
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The Great Terror
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Republic of Virtue refers to the political philosophy put forth by Robespierre in a speech in February 1794. He basically believed that revolutionary France was to be a republic of virtue, where virtue and a form of terror, which he called prompt and severe justice, worked hand in hand.
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