Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0622 short lesson, about 20 seconds
January 1793: The King Executed
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The idea
After a close vote the Convention executed Louis XVI in January seventeen ninety-three. Britain and the Dutch joined the war; by mid-year invasion fears, shortages and royalist risings pressed on the republic from every side.
In practice
The Girondins' trial of the king, the witness notes, divided them from the Mountain.
Where people slip
A closer vote than the guillotine suggests.
Your place on the trail
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