FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Innocent and Exiled
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Guilty and Hung
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Innocent and restored as King
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Guilty and Executed with the Guillotine
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Detailed explanation-1: -At a trial on 17 January 1793, the National Convention had convicted the king of high treason in a near-unanimous vote; while no one voted “not guilty", several deputies abstained. Ultimately, they condemned him to death by a simple majority wrong .
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1789, faced with a grave financial crisis, the king summoned a meeting of the Estates General at the palace. Later that year, ceding to popular pressure, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette left Versailles for Paris. Both died by the guillotine in 1793.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the failure of French Constitution of 1791, the revolution continued. The elected Legislative Assembly members drafted a new constitution and jailed King Louis XVI. In 1793 King Louis XVI and the Last French Queen was sentenced to death. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-4: -Louis XVI responded with dignity, resignation, and bravery concerning his death sentence.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Flight to Varennes, or the royal family’s unsuccessful escape from Paris during the night of June 20-21, 1791, undermined the credibility of the king as a constitutional monarch and eventually led to the escalation of the crisis and the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.