USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Jacobins such as Maximilien de Robespierre argue that France’s king and queen needed to be executed?
A
To frighten monarchs in European countries that France was about to invade
B
To seek revenge on the royal family for attacking the Bastille
C
To demonstrate that only Jacobins should be allowed to serve as kings
D
To protect the political changes made during the French Revolution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Maximilien de Robespierre inspired them to believe that killing the king was necessary to legitimize the government. Napoleon Bonaparte’s victories inspired them to believe that a powerful central ruler was necessary to stabilize the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was arrested and on the next day he was sent to the guillotine and killed, in the same manner, he punished people. Final answer Maximilian Robespierre was guillotined for his methodology of severe punishment to the people in France through the very same guillotined he was killed too.

Detailed explanation-3: -In April 1793, Robespierre urged the Jacobins to raise a sans-culotte army to enforce revolutionary laws and sweep away any counter-revolutionary conspirator, leading to the armed Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Jacobin Club was formed by Maximilian Robespierre. One of the influential political clubs that formed by Maximilian Robespierre during the French revolution was the Jacobins club. They were considered to be the radical revolutionaries who planned the rise of the French revolution and the downfall of the King.

Detailed explanation-5: -Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17, 000 enemies of the Revolution.

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