USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was in charge of the Committee for Public Safety and lead the French Revolution?
A
Napoleon
B
Robispierre
C
King Louis XVI
D
Marquis de Lafayette
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Closely associated with the leadership of Danton, it was initially known as the Danton Committee. Danton steered the Committee through the 31 May and 2 June 1793 journées that saw the violent expulsion of the Girondins and through the intensifying war in the Vendée.

Detailed explanation-2: -Its essential organs had been created, and he set himself to make them work. On July 27, 1793, Robespierre took his place on the Committee of Public Safety, which had first been set up in April.

Detailed explanation-3: -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: -22.5. 3: Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety. The period of the Jacobin rule known as the Reign of Terror, under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre, was the first time in history that terror became an official government policy with the stated aim to use violence to achieve a higher political goal.

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