FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Paris, an angry and hungry mob (the harvest had been bad), attacked the Bastille, a prison for political prisoners. The French Revolution had begun!
Detailed explanation-2: -In July 1794 Robespierre was arrested and executed as were many of his fellow Jacobins, thereby ending the Reign of Terror, which was succeeded by the Thermidorian Reaction. Learn about the most famous political group of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -On July 27, 1794, Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were taken to the Place de la Révolution (now the Place de la Concorde), where they were executed by guillotine before a cheering crowd.