FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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The ____, led by Danton and Robespierre, was responsible for sending approximately 16, 000 people to the guillotine.
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French Foreign Legion
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Commonwealth of Nations
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Committee of Public Safety
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Legislative Assembly
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Robespierre, Pétion, Danton, and Brissot dominated the Jacobin Club.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 27 July 1793, Maximilien Robespierre was elected to the committee. At this time, the committee was entering a more powerful and active phase, which would see it become a dictatorship alongside its powerful partner, the Committee of General Security.
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