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Charlotte Corday

Charlotte Corday. By: Sean Diehl & Mia Ayers. Charlotte Corday. Birth- July 27, 1768 in the village of Les Champeaux Death- July 17, 1793 About seven o’clock in the evening followed Queen Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. Interesting Facts .

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Charlotte Corday

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  1. Charlotte Corday By: Sean Diehl & Mia Ayers

  2. Charlotte Corday Birth- July 27, 1768 in the village of Les Champeaux Death- July 17, 1793 About seven o’clock in the evening followed Queen Marie Antoinette to the guillotine

  3. Interesting Facts • Corday was a member of an aristocratic family. She was a descendant of the French dramatist Pierre Corneille on her mother's side • When she was a young girl ( or teenager) her mother passed away along with her older sister. • Her father sent Charlotte and her younger sister to live at the Caen Abbaye-aux-Dames residents. • After 1791, Corday lived with her cousin, Madame Le Coustellier de Bretteville-Gouville in Caen • She was baptized on a church called Saint- Saturnin- des- Ligneries

  4. Saint- Saturnin- des- Ligneries Out side of the church Inside of the church

  5. Her house The house where charlotte lived until she was thirteen years of age.

  6. Marat's Assassination • On July 13thof 1793, just before noon Charlotte Corday arrived at Marat’s house . Offer to inform him a planed girondist uprising in Caen. • Marat conducted most of his works in a bathtub , because of a skin condition. So when Corday went to his house she found him in the bathtub. • As Corday recited the names of the girondists, Marat wrote then down , Corday pulled a knife from her scarf, she plunged it into Marat's chest.

  7. The Assassnation • When he was dying he called out “ Aidez Ma Chere Amie!”, which means help me my dear friend. • Corday Remained at the scene until the guards took her away. • At her trial she excliamed that he carried out the assassnation alone, saying, “I killed one man to save a hundred thousand.”

  8. The Killing • Her actions were world renown • Marat started threatening the great virtues of a republic . • So charlotte stood up for herself and some others.

  9. Mr. Baldys' Questions • What happened with Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat? • She killed him for fear of a civil var. • What did Corday say the reason was for her actions? • To bring peace to the people and hope the wars will end. And also destroy the men who destroyed the monarchy.

  10. Questions Continued • What political party did she follow and why? • Girondins- because she supported the monarchy • Men like Marat and Robespierre were trying to destroy it. • What were some personal characteristics of Corday? • Her mother died when she was a teenager. • She was a Girondin

  11. Work Cited • Web sites • http://www.blakeneymanor.com/corday.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Corday • http://www.things.org/music/al_stewart/history/charlotte_corday.html • http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5154/corday.htm • Books • Prentice Hall World History “Connections to Today” the Modern Era • The Skull of Charlotte Corday

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