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
Assessment

Content: The National Convention, the first government of the French Revolution, was founded; and a new constitution with no monarchy was put in place. Robespierre was elected first deputy for Paris to the National Convention. The National Convention became divided into two main factions: the moderate Girondins, who favored political but not social democracy; and the more radical Montagnards, the far left who were led by Robespierre. During the trial of King Louis XVI, Robespierre spoke 11 times and called for death of the monarch. On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was executed. A copper plate engraving depicting the Execution of Louis XVI
Fall of the Girondins
The execution of the king, scarcity of food and the rising prices created a revolutionary mood in France. The Montagnards took advantage of this to increase their power in the Convention at the expense of the Girondins.