Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?
As one of the leading members of the insurrectionary Paris Commune Robespierre was elected as a deputy to the French Convention in early September 1792 but was soon criticised for trying to establish either a triumvirate or a dictatorship. In April 1793 Robespierre urged the creation of a sans-culotte army to enforce revolutionary laws and sweep away any counter-revolutionary conspirator leading to …
The term of "Terror" to describe a period was forged by the Thermidorian Reaction who took power after the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794 to discredit Robespierre and justify their actions. Today there is consensus amongst historians that the exceptional revolutionary measures continued after the death of Robespierre.
In the morning Robespierre and his supporters are taken to the Revolutionary Tribunal for formal identification. Since they have been declared outside the law no trial is considered necessary. In the evening of July 28 Robespierre and his supporters including his brother Saint-Just Couthon and Hanriot 22 in all are guillotined.
In July 1793 a Jacobin called Maximilien de Robespierre and eight other leading Jacobins set up the Committee of Public Safety. It was the most powerful group in France. This group and Robespierre were responsible for the Reign of Terror. Robespierre believed that …
Robespierre Pétion Danton and Brissot dominated the Jacobin Club. On 17 July 1791 Danton initiated a petition. Robespierre went to the Jacobin club to cancel the draft of the petition according to Albert Mathiez. Robespierre persuaded the Jacobin clubs not to support the petition by D...
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