EMERGENCE OF USA
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION
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hanging
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firing squad
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poison gas
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guillotine
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the French Revolution, the guillotine became the primary symbol of the Reign of Terror and was used to execute thousands of people, including King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
Detailed explanation-2: -In less than a year, 300, 000 suspected enemies of the Revolution were arrested; at least 10, 000 died in prison, and 17, 000 were officially executed, many by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The man charged with operating Paris’s guillotine throughout the turbulent 1790s was the same man who had been poised to execute Jean Louschart before the mob intervened. His name was Charles-Henri Sanson, chief executioner to both Louis XVI and the republican regime that swept the ancien régime aside.