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 * //Chapter Seven//**

This left wing of Governmental leaders was known as the Jacobins. Introduction that transitions from last chapter?

The Jacobins and Committee of Public Safety, and Robespierre

The Jacobins were formed in 1789. Their purpose was to remove all social class distinctions and make vote be universal. They believed that the government should provide for the poor. They also believed that the powers of the king should be very limited, or there should be no king at all. When the National Convention was called, the Jacobins wanted to write a new constitution for France which did not include a monarch, but a republican. The most radical group of the Jacobins were called the Mountain. They were called the Mountain because of how high they sat at the National Convention. The Jacobins were much more radical than the Girondists, and eventually began to attack Girondists policies. While the Jacobins were more radical, the Girondists were much more conservative. The Girdonists called for an economy that was run freely, when the Jacobins wanted to impose a standard price control. The leader of the Jacobins was Robespierre. When the time came to make the decision about Louis XVI, the Jacobins argued strongly in favor of his death to ensure the safety of the revolution.
 * //Kate

The Jacobins were republicans. So were the Girondists. What made them different? Who were the Mountain? //**    Committee of Public Safety Jonathan Knudsen On April 6th 1793, the French National Convention created the Committee of Public Safety. Its original purpose was to supervise and expedite work of the executive body. However, as the Revolution began to be menaced by a group of European Nations and counter-revolutionaries within France, the Committee’s power increased. As prominent leaders of the Jacobins, such as Robespierre, began to be put in positions of power within the committee, it became more and more radical. In December 1793, the convention formally transferred all power of the government to the Committee. Soon after, Robespierre eliminated his political rivals and established his own dictatorship within the committee. Under his control, the committee began mass-executions and further destruction. The Committee of Public Safety continued to exist until 1795, a year after the death of Robespierre.

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 * //The National Convention created the Committee of Public Safety. The National Assembly went out of existence in 1791.//**

Script of Robespierre  Maximilien Robespierre was born in 1758 of Irish origin. He was then elected to the estates general in 1789. He attached himself to the left wing and soon gained the attention of the people of France. He constantly boasted about and attacked corruption in France and for this, the mobs admired him. In 1791, Robespierre was appointed as the public accuser. Then, after the Flight to Varennes and the Champ de Mars, which was a massacre of the French people, the Girondists in the new legislative assembly wanted war. Robespierre opposed this idea in the Jacobins club. In April 1792, Robespierre resigned his post of public accuser. And in August, he presented to the legislative assembly a petition for a revolutionary tribunal and a new convention. He was elected first deputy for Paris to the national convention. Here the girondists constantly attacked him, leading him to closer union with Danton, who was the first president of the committee of public safety in 1793 and a member of the Jacobin club. Robespierre vigorously opposed the appeal to the people on the king’s death. Then King Louis’s execution in 1793, led to the next stage of the revolution which concluded in victory for the Jacobins. The first committee of public safety was put in place in April, 1793. And Robespierre was now elected as one of the twelve new rulers of France. Next came the dark intrigues which resulted in most of the other twelve leaders being sent to the guillotine in March, 1794. Then Danton and Camille Desmoulins, who was a journalist and politician linked with Danton, were both guillotine in April of the same year. Robespierre was now the supreme ruler of France. He appointed all of the positions and put in place only people he wanted. Now, as Robespierre’s power increased, his popularity decreased. Now, the pace of the guillotine grew faster as the government turned to ruin. Saint Just demanded a dictatorship in the name of Robespierre. Then on July 27, Robespierre was attacked. The next day, July 28, Robespierre was sentenced to the guillotine along with Saint Just, and twenty others. This marks the end of Robespierre’s power. Left wing liberal? Boasted about or attacked corruption? Why would you boast about it? What was the Champ de Mars? You jump from 1791 to 1793 without explaining what happened in between. Who was Camille Desmoulins? Danton? You keep saying "now" this and "now" that. rewrite this so it is less repetative.

__**The Guillotine**__ ** __//By Tom Huffsmith//__ ** The Guillotine or the "National Razor", as it was more commonly called during the Reign of Terror, was created by Dr. Guillotine. The Guillotine was first introduced as a more humane form of execution. The Guillotine is one of the most widely recognized icons of the French Revolution and was used extensively by the Committee of Public Safety. This machine is the main reason this time period is called the Reign of Terror. Some victims of the guillotine were royalty such as Louis the 16th and Marie Antoinette. However, the vast majority of the people that were executed (seventy five percent or more) were mere peasants. The guillotine was the favorite execution device of Robespierre, and he ordered the arrest and execution of "anyone who 'either by their conduct, their contacts, their words or their writings, showed themselves to be supporters of tyranny, of federalism, or to be enemies of liberty". This vague order from Robespierre to the Army of the Interior could be used against anyone, and during the years 1793-1794, thousands, both innocent and guilty, were sent to the Guillotine. The first execution occurred on April 25th, 1792, when a highwayman was executed. The Guillotine is a simple device in which a rope holds a suspended blade. When the rope is released, the heavy metal blade falls rapidly down guided by two parallel tracks and decapitates the victim who is lying with his neck exposed to the blade. In Paris, the executions took place at the Place De la Concorde. Prisoners were taken from prison to the square where they would be executed and lined up to wait their turn to walk up onto the platform where the Guillotine was constructed. All Guillotine executions were made public in order to install public fear and brutally illustrate what would happen if someone was accused of breaking the law.

Your first sentence is terrible grammar. Clean it up. When was it introduced. "was" the main reason??? customers? victims? How did it work? Were there problems with its use? How were the executed organized and conducted? Why were they public? Where in Paris did they occur??? This could be much better.//**
 * //Tom

In time, all of these different event CONCLUSION: Under Robespierre and The Committee of Public Safety's control, the committee raised 14 armies to put down uprisings, instituted fixed wages and a maximum price system to keep up supplies, and most importantly instituted the Reign of Terror.
 * //Can you insert interview clips to this section? It would help since this is so controversial. Think of good questions to ask.//**