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Guillotine
It is a device designed for carrying out executions by decapitation. 30,000 to 40,000 where estimated to have been killed using the guillotine. Antoine Louis invented the device in 1792. -
The French Republic
The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I. -
Robespierre
He was the leader of the Jacobins who took over the leadership of France during the French Revolution. He and the other committee members ordered the execution of the King, Louis XVI, for treason. -
Committee of Public Safety
Originally consisting of nine members of the convention, it was formed as an administrative body to supervise and expedite the work of the executive bodies of the convention and of the government ministers appointed by the convention. -
The Girondins
Girondins were members of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; they were a group of individuals who held certain opinions and principles in common rather than an organized political party. -
Reign of Tower
The Reign of Terror also known simply as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". -
The Jacobins
They were the most famous and influential political club in the development of the French Revolution. They were taken over because the French people did not like their views and what they stood for. -
Thermidorian Reaction
The Thermidorian Reaction was a revolt in the French Revolution against the Reign of Terror. It was triggered by a vote of the Committee of Public Safety to execute Robespierre, Saint-Just and several other leading members of the Terror. -
Fall os Robespierre
Robespierre's political allies and enemies ganged up to have him condemned and executed as an "Enemy of the Revolution" so as to put an end to The Terror.
