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Reign of Terror and the Guillotine

Reign of Terror and the Guillotine. By Nakita wampole. Named and invented by Joseph Guillotin He was a Parisian doctor Told the Assembly it was a fast painless death Became the weapon of terror in the revolution. Inventor of the guillotine. Quartering was a mans execution only

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Reign of Terror and the Guillotine

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  1. Reign of Terror and the Guillotine By Nakitawampole

  2. Named and invented by Joseph Guillotin • He was a Parisian doctor • Told the Assembly it was a fast painless death • Became the weapon of terror in the revolution Inventor of the guillotine

  3. Quartering was a mans execution only • Beheadingwas saved as a “glorified "death for nobles • Some were set on fire in a barrel of pitch fluid • Most common way of execution for poor were hanging and drowning • Death depended on social status Methods of Execution Replaced

  4. Used for capital punishment (death penalty) • Used for a quick painless form of execution • Main instrument in the revolution • Silenced any who were thought to go against the revolution How it was used

  5. About 20,000 were execute while 30,000-40,000 were imprisoned • About 84% of the executions were poor people • About 16% were aristocrats, noblemen, and clergy • Louis XVI was executed January 21 • Marie Antoinette was executed on October 16th • Jacques Danton was executed • Maximilien Robespierre was executed by his own guillotine Terror Victims

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