... encargada de revisar la constitucion. 4.- Se reconocí la Comuna de Par as como poder legítimo del estado. Esta comuna estaba en mano de los jacobinos , dirigidos por Roberspierre y Marat. Entre el 2 y el 7 de septiembre, más de mil monárquicos y presuntos traidores apresados en diversos lugares de Francia, fueron sometidos a juicio y ejecutados. Los elementos desencadenantes de las denominadas 'Matanzas ... presidencia del Comité de Salvacion P blica fue transferida a los jacobinos, que reorganizaron completamente las funciones de este nuevo organismo. Tres dís después, el polÃ...

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... of gunpowder. On 1775 he was made commissioner of gunpowder. He was asked to improve the quality of French gunpowder. This boosted his career. Politically, Lavoisier was a moderate constitutionalist, and Marat and other radicals hated him because of this. He became involved in the Ferme Generale, a private tax-collection firm, which became a target during the Terror. When the Reign of Terror ... ...

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... his starving troops, he flatly refused, saying that such an action would put him on the same level as the invaders. Most revolutions consume those who start them; in France, Marat, Robespierre, and Danton all met violent deaths. When Washington was offered a virtual dictatorship by some of his officers at Newburgh, New York, he resisted his natural impulse to take command ... ...

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... . "The Social Contract" by Jean- Jacques Rousseau was referred to and repeatedly recited during the time of the French Revolution. In the imminent period before revolution broke out Jean Paul Marat, a Jacobin activist inflamed the feelings of Parisians by reading "The Social Contract" to the people". The Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen August 1789 was created by ... ...

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... by the neoclassical period. David is the most famous neoclassicalist. He painted many scenes with Roman architecture in the background. He is famous for his painting entitled, The Death of Marat. Romanticism followed neoclassicalism. The Romantics wanted a change after the horrible effects of the French revolution. Romantics had three basic beliefs: elevate emotion and intuition to equal status with reason, paint ... ...

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