Maximilien de Robespierre was a French revolutionary with ties to both the French Revolution as well as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre studied law and went on to be an advocate for the lower class of France. Robespierre aided in the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. As a radical Jacobin leader, Robespierre called for political change in the French monarchy. Robespierre gained a great deal of power during the Reign of Terror. He began to use it as a way to eliminate political enemies. Not long after, Robespierre became intoxicated with power and the National Convention began to question his motives. The National Convention went on to arrest and guillotine Robespierre.
Robespierre was born and raised in Arras, France (Maximilien de Robespierre). Robespierre was poor in his youth and attended attended law school through a scholarship …show more content…
The country was no longer threatened by enemies from the outside. A group of revolutionaries formed in opposition of Robespierre. Robespierre was arrested along with many of his allies on July 27 in 1794. With assistance from a sympathetic jailer, Robespierre was able to escape from prison and hide out in the Hôtel de Ville in Paris (Maximilien de Robespierre). On the day of his arrest, the National Convention outright accused Robespierre of despotism in the meeting that had taken place (Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre). After word of this reached Robespierre, he attempted to kill himself, though he succeeded only in maiming his jaw. Soon after his failed suicide attempt, troops from the National Convention had stormed the Hôtel de Ville. They arrested Robespierre once more, and executed him along with 21 of his allies by guillotine on July 28, 1794 (Maximilien de Robespierre). The next day, 80 more supporters of Robespierre were guillotined (Maximilien François Isidore de
Robespierre was born and raised in Arras, France (Maximilien de Robespierre). Robespierre was poor in his youth and attended attended law school through a scholarship …show more content…
The country was no longer threatened by enemies from the outside. A group of revolutionaries formed in opposition of Robespierre. Robespierre was arrested along with many of his allies on July 27 in 1794. With assistance from a sympathetic jailer, Robespierre was able to escape from prison and hide out in the Hôtel de Ville in Paris (Maximilien de Robespierre). On the day of his arrest, the National Convention outright accused Robespierre of despotism in the meeting that had taken place (Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre). After word of this reached Robespierre, he attempted to kill himself, though he succeeded only in maiming his jaw. Soon after his failed suicide attempt, troops from the National Convention had stormed the Hôtel de Ville. They arrested Robespierre once more, and executed him along with 21 of his allies by guillotine on July 28, 1794 (Maximilien de Robespierre). The next day, 80 more supporters of Robespierre were guillotined (Maximilien François Isidore de