FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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The Second Coalition
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The Committee of Public Safety
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The National Assembly
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The king’s Swiss guard
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -Who led the Reign of Terror? When the Terror began, the most influential group in the Convention was called the Jacobins. The most prominent members of this group were Robespierre (1758-1794), Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) and Georges Danton (1759-1794), according to McPhee.