FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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defend France against foreign armies.
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oppose the sans-culottes.
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guard Marie Antoinette.
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eliminate the king.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On July 27, 1793, Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety, which was formed in April to protect France against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the government. Under his leadership, the committee came to exercise virtual dictatorial control over the French government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Committee of Public Safety took actions to defend the French Republic by passing a series of laws that both helped the war effort and allowed for the arrests and executions of counter-revolutionaries within France itself.
Detailed explanation-3: -Committee of Public Safety, French Comité De Salut Public, political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror (September 1793 to July 1794).
Detailed explanation-4: -The foundation of the Terror was the April 1793 creation of the Committee of Public Safety. The National Convention believed that the Committee needed to rule with “near dictatorial power” and gave it new and expansive political powers to respond quickly to popular demands.