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The Jacobin club included the highest of their respective classes who gathered to debate politics and later participate in the Terror during the Revolution. Robespierre was among their number and they supported his decisions. They personally escorted hundreds to the guillotine
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Robespierre was the most influential member of the Committee for Public Safety and the main director of the Reign of Terror.
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The guillotine was a new and effective weapon that brought about the death of the Revolution’s political enemies. !t killed between 15,000 and 40,000 people. It was created by Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin
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They were a group of republican politicians during the Revolution. They played a leading role in Legislative Assembly.
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The French Republic was the newly instated government after the Revolution had dissolved the monarchy.
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The Girondin disbanded.
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It was the political body of France during the Revolution and it supported the Reign of Terror.
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France was governed by the Committee of Public Safety, and they approved the Reign of Terror. It was a period of ten months when the Committee tried to remove any traitors or threats from the country. Danton and Robespierre were the leaders of the Committee and saw that the reign of terror was put in place. Robespierre found his inspiration in the writings of Rousseau, which led him to prolonging the terror.
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The Reign of Terror ended.
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The Jacobins disbanded.
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The Committee for Public Safety was discontinued.
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It was the revolt that overthrew Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.
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It began when he sentenced his close friends who had differing views to death. He was then viewed with suspicion and overthrown and killed on July 28, 1794.