EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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People were free to do what they want to
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Lots of people were executed
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People lived happily ever after
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “Great Terror” that followed, in which about 1, 400 persons were executed, contributed to the fall of Robespierre on July 27 (9 Thermidor). During the Reign of Terror, at least 300, 000 suspects were arrested; 17, 000 were officially executed, and perhaps 10, 000 died in prison or without trial.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between June 14 and July 27, 1794, hundreds of nobles, shopkeepers, clergy, corset makers, vintners, and other “suspicious” citizens were executed by guillotine at Place de la Nation in Paris. It was the height of the French Revolution-Robespierre’s Reign of Terror.
Detailed explanation-3: -The period of the French Revolution from 1792-1793 is called the Reign of Terror. Robespierre, the leader of the Jacobin club, used a revolutionary tribunal to arrest people who seemed to be against the republic nation. They were guillotined, when found guilty.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the time the Reign of Terror reached its conclusion, in July 1794, some 17, 000 people had been officially executed, and as many as 10, 000 had died in prison or without trial.