2. Louis XVI as a Pig c To some, the king was a traitor. c Others felt that the Revolution had gone far enough and didn’t want to execute the king [maybe exile him].

3. Marie Antoinette as a Serpent The “Widow Capet”

4. Marie Antoinette on the Way to the Guillotine Marie Antoinette on the Way to the Guillotine

5. Marie Antoinette Died in October, 1793

6. King Louis XVI Executed - 1793 Off with his head

7. The Guillotine Supporters said it was:  Efficient  More humane  No pain Opponents said it:  It was too quick to be enjoyed by public  Rather pull victims apart by horses; broken on a wheel

8. The Reign of Terror Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible. -- Robespierre Let terror be the order of the day! c The Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris alone executed 2,639 victims in 15 months. c The total number of victims nationwide was over 20,000!

9. The “Monster” Guillotine The last guillotine execution in France was in 1939! The last guillotine execution in France was in 1939!

10. Different Social Classes Executed 31% 28% 7% 8% 25%

11. Napoleon Shows up Now we have a reading for the man that comes to make sense of this whole mess….

12. Napoleon Napoleon’s Coronation