https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv Robespierre confirmed to have encouraged the executions of enemies. en-us 2022-07-15 23:42:06 UTC 2025-04-24 08:10:50 UTC hello@padlet.com norrisjk251 https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244346696 Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution.]]> 2022-07-15 23:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244346696 norrisjk251 https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347064 2022-07-16 00:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347064 norrisjk251 https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347283 2022-07-16 00:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347283 norrisjk251 https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347755 In 1789, faced with a grave financial crisis, the king summoned a meeting of the Estates General at the palace. Later, ceding to popular pressure, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette left Versailles for Paris. Both died by the guillotine in 1793.]]> 2022-07-16 00:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347755 norrisjk251 https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347845 2022-07-16 00:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244347845 norrisjk251 https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244348318 Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789. The crowd besieged the palace and, in a dramatic and violent confrontation, they successfully pressed their demands upon King Louis XVI. This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris.]]> 2022-07-16 00:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/norrisjk251/ivsslme6ziqkjhlv/wish/2244348318