15 sett 1792 anni - National Convention and the Jacobins

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the Jacobins, a political club, take over; they accuse the king of treason and sentence him and Marie Antoinette to death by guillotine

this group calls themselves the Republic of Virtue

Form the Committee of Public Safety in order to meet enemies withing and abroad:
eliminate slavery in all French colonies (great impact on slave colony of Haiti)
women can inherit property and divorce but do not gain right in voting or political power
tolerant of other religions but outlawed Christianity as the state religion
they were crazy people who made frequent use of the guillotine

guillotine- made to give euqality even up to death

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