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July 28, 1794- Execution of Robespierre
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Execution of Robespierre
April 6, 2014 / sarahmasayko
July 28, 1794- Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre as know as the“incorruptible” and was the leader to the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution. Robespierre and eight other men were on the Committee of Public Safety. When Robespierre wanted to start a new religion based on logic and reason and had a Festival of The Supreme Being where he led the whole ceremony acting like a god the other eighth member of the Committee saw this act Robespierre demonstrated in front of everyone as dangerous. There was a part of the Reign of Terror known as the Great Terror, it was June- July of 1794, where the executions rate was way too high. At this point people were just tired of the “Terror”. The People of France turned against Robespierre because of the Festival of the Supreme Being, they were tired of the killing and they were worried they would be next. The Legislative Assembly decided to execute all the leaders of the Reign of Terror starting with Robespierre. Robespierre tried to kill himself before they could executed him, he only shot himself in the jaw. On July 28, 1794 Robespierre was executed.