MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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A type tea
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A type of cheese
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A type of potato
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An apparatus for execution
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Detailed explanation-1: -A guillotine is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled blade suspended at the top.
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: -guillotine, instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France in 1792.
Detailed explanation-4: -Use of the guillotine continued in France in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the last execution by guillotine occurred in 1977. In September 1981, France outlawed capital punishment altogether, thus abandoning the guillotine forever. There is a museum dedicated to the guillotine in Liden, Sweden.
Detailed explanation-5: -Learn eight surprising facts about the execution device once dubbed the “National Razor” of France.