FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Maximilien Robespierre
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Jean-Paul Marat
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Jean Valjean
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Victor Hugo
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The day after his arrest, Robespierre and 21 of his followers were guillotined before a cheering mob in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
Detailed explanation-2: -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: -Who was Maximilien Robespierre? 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: -The Committee of Public Safety was created by the National Convention in 1793 with the intent to defend the nation against foreign and domestic enemies, as well as to oversee the new functions of the executive government. Members were elected and served for a period of one month.