Title: Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution | Learnodo Newtonic
Headings: Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution
Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution
The Third Estate
The Incorruptible
Trial And Execution of Louis XVI
Fall of the Girondins
The Reign of Terror
Overthrow And Execution
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Content: Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution | Learnodo Newtonic
Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution
July 14, 2019
January 6, 2019 by Anirudh
Born on May 6, 1758 in Arras, France, Maximilien de Robespierre was the son of a lawyer. During his years at school and college, he was inspired by Roman philosophers like Cicero and Cato; but most of all by the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Among other things, Rousseau had argued for the theory of Social Contract which was against the divine right of the monarchs and asserted that only the people had the right to chose how they were governed. Robespierre received a law degree in 1781 and became a lawyer at Arras. His private practice provided him with a comfortable income. The Third Estate
France was facing a severe financial crisis in the 1780s due to which King Louis XVI convoked the Estates-General on 8th August, 1788. At this time France was divided into three estates: the First was the clergy, the Second was the nobility, and the Third was the rest, which included merchants, lawyers, laborers and peasants. Though the Third Estate comprised around 98% of the French population, it was exploited by the other two estates.