THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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This man became the dictator of France during the Revolution and called for blood-letting in France and spread his ideas through newspapers. He famously said he wanted, “200, 000 heads to roll".
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Jean-Paul Marat
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Marie Antoinette
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Maximillian Robespierre
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Jean-Paul Marat, one of the most outspoken leaders of the French Revolution, is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Royalist sympathizer.
Detailed explanation-2: -L’Ami du peuple (French: [lami dy pœpl], The Friend of the People) was a newspaper written by Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The revolutionary journalist Jean-Paul Marat commented in his newspaper L’Ami du peuple (The friend of the people) on the Constitution drafted by the National Assembly: ‘The task of representing the people has been given to the rich … the lot of the poor and oppressed will never be improved by peaceful means alone.
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