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    The Reign of Robespierre: Grade 10 Reading Comprehension

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    Following unrest after the storming of the Bastille, King Louis XVI was unable to address demands from the Third Estate's National Assembly. The Assembly then took over ruling France. Years later, Louis XVI was put on trial for treason by revolutionaries and beheaded, formally ending the monarchy. Maximilien Robespierre then led the National Convention from 1793-1794 in a period known as the Reign of Terror, where he declared terror as the order of the day.

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    Following unrest after the storming of the Bastille, King Louis XVI was unable to address demands from the Third Estate's National Assembly. The Assembly then took over ruling France. Years later, Louis XVI was put on trial for treason by revolutionaries and beheaded, formally ending the monarchy. Maximilien Robespierre then led the National Convention from 1793-1794 in a period known as the Reign of Terror, where he declared terror as the order of the day.

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    Following unrest after the storming of the Bastille, King Louis XVI was unable to address demands from the Third Estate's National Assembly. The Assembly then took over ruling France. Years later, Louis XVI was put on trial for treason by revolutionaries and beheaded, formally ending the monarchy. Maximilien Robespierre then led the National Convention from 1793-1794 in a period known as the Reign of Terror, where he declared terror as the order of the day.

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    Following unrest after the storming of the Bastille, King Louis XVI was unable to address demands from the Third Estate's National Assembly. The Assembly then took over ruling France. Years later, Louis XVI was put on trial for treason by revolutionaries and beheaded, formally ending the monarchy. Maximilien Robespierre then led the National Convention from 1793-1794 in a period known as the Reign of Terror, where he declared terror as the order of the day.

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    The Reign of Robespierre


    Following the events at the Bastille, the Third Estate's
    National Assembly again demanded that King Louis XVI
    address their concerns, but he was unable to do so. The
    Third Estate and their National Assembly then took over the
    country. A few years later, King Louis XVI was put on trial for
    treason by the revolutionaries, who formally ended the
    monarchy in France. Louis XVI was beheaded on January 21st, 1793.
    The National Assembly changed its name several times. From 1793 to
    1794, it was called the National Convention and led by a man named
    Maximilien Robespierre. This period was known as the Reign of Terror.
    Robespierre was a member of the Jacobins, a group of radical
    revolutionaries who had a great amount of power at the time. The first
    Jacobins were National Assembly members with common political ideas
    who held meetings in the Jacobin monastery in Paris. The group grew
    quickly once the revolution began. At the height of its power, it included
    half a million members located all over the country. The Jacobins was
    made up of two factions. The more moderate faction was called the
    Girondists. The radical faction was called the Montagnards (mountain
    group) and was led by Robespierre.
    In an attempt to restore order in a fractured country under siege from
    foreign enemies and civil war skirmishes, Robespierre took over the
    government of France on September 5, 1793. He declared that the “order
    of the day” would be terror. Thus began the most violent period of the
    French Revolution. During this time, it was a crime punishable by death to
    even be suspected of not supporting the revolution.
    Robespierre was eventually removed from office by the French people
    and executed. The Jacobin Club was disbanded and many of its leaders
    were imprisoned or put to death.

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    DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions True or False.

    King Louis XVI addressed the Third Estate's concerns


    1. after the storming of the Bastille. true false

    The Second Estate took over the country after the


    2. storming of the Bastille. true false

    The National Assembly ruled the country after the


    3. storming of the Bastille. true false

    King Louis XVI was executed for treason without a


    4. trial. true false

    The National Assembly was overpowered by the


    5. National Convention during another coup in 1783. true false

    The period of time in which Robespierre led the


    6. National Convention is known as the Reign of Terror. true false

    The Jacobins were a unified group of radical


    revolutionaries leading up to and all during the
    7. French Revolution. true false

    Robespierre led France during the most violent


    8. period of the French Revolution. true false

    The Jacobins eventually became the new French


    9. government. true false

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