WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was guillotined on July 28, 1794?
A
Maximilien Robespierre
B
Jean-Paul Marat
C
Georges Danton
D
Victor Hugo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Shortly thereafter, troops of the National Convention attacked the Hotel de Ville and seized Robespierre and his allies. The next evening–July 28–Robespierre and 21 others were guillotined without a trial in the Place de la Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who was Maximilien Robespierre? Maximilien Robespierre was a radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution of 1789. Robespierre briefly presided over the influential Jacobin Club, a political club based in Paris. He also served as president of the National Convention and on the Committee of Public Safety.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was arrested and on the next day he was sent to the guillotine and killed, in the same manner, he punished people. Final answer Maximilian Robespierre was guillotined for his methodology of severe punishment to the people in France through the very same guillotined he was killed too.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: After Robespierre was executed, France was left to rebuild under a new form of government. The time between Robespierre’s execution and the creation of the French Directory is known historically as the Thermidorian Reaction (July 28, 1794-November 1, 1795.)

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