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D4 (Dilemma): The Reign of Terror

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During the Reign of Terror, tens of thousands of civilians were killed in the name of revolution. One of the main reasons why people were killed was that they spoke out against the revolution and its leaders.

Explain why the events that happened in the Reign of Terror in France hundreds of years ago are not supposed to happen in countries like the modern-day U.S.

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In 1793, France instituted their first military _______, which meant they had way more soldiers than any other country.

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Check off the two main things that had just happened in the French Revolution as of 1793.

France's military all decided to quit and join the revolutionary forces.

France ended up at war with many different countries in Europe.

King Louis had just been beheaded by the guillotine.

France took back control of its colonies in North America.

Who did Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety (leaders of the revolutionary forces) say that they hated?

Anyone who was from another country

Anyone associated with the church or the royalty

Anyone who was suffering from famine on the countryside

Anyone who tried to kill King Louis

Over 16,000 people were killed by guillotine between 1793 and 1794.

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Who was Marie Antoinette?

A woman who spoke out against the Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen and said the revolution should focus on women's rights.

An American diplomat who joined Thomas Jefferson to negotiate a peace treaty for France.

The leader of the Committee of Public Safety.

The king's wife who was killed by revolutionary forces.

During the Reign of Terror, more people were killed by guillotine than were killed by guns.

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Why was it ironic that Robespierre was killed by the guillotine?

He was the person who invented the guillotine.

He had ask for a ban on guillotine deaths just the year before.

He was a member of the king's royalty, a group that was not supposed to be killed by the guillotine.

He started as one of the revolutionary leaders who used the guillotine to kill others.

From 1795-1799, France was run by a group of people who killed even more people than the Committee of Public of Safety did.

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People had such confidence in the military that they were excited when Napoleon, a military leader, took over France in 1799.

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At the end of the French Revolution, France was run by the revolutionaries.

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