Maximilien
de
Robespierre
was
on
born
May
6
,
1758
,
in
Arras
,
France
.
His
mother
____________________
when
he
was
6
years
old
,
and
his
father
____________________
the
family
soon
after
.
The
children
were
____________________
by
their
maternal
grandparents
,
educated
in
Paris
and
graduated
in
law
.
He
practiced
law
in
Arras
,
which
provided
him
with
a
comfortable
income
.
He
was
a
____________________
Jacobin
leader
and
one
of
the
principal
figures
in
the
French
____________________
.
Robespierre
soon
took
on
a
public
role
,
calling
for
political
change
in
the
French
monarchy
.
He
gained
a
reputation
for
defending
the
____________________
of
society
and
earned
the
____________________
"
the
incorruptible
"
for
his
adherence
to
strict
moral
values
.
At
age
30
,
Robespierre
was
elected
to
the
____________________
General
of
the
French
legislature
.
He
became
increasingly
popular
with
the
people
for
his
attacks
on
the
French
monarchy
and
his
advocacy
for
democratic
reforms
.
He
also
opposed
the
death
____________________
and
slavery
.
In
April
1789
,
Robespierre
was
elected
president
of
the
powerful
Jacobin
political
faction
.
A
year
later
,
he
participated
in
writing
the
Declaration
of
the
____________________
of
Man
and
Citizen
,
the
foundation
of
the
French
constitution
.
In
December
1792
,
he
successfully
argued
for
the
____________________
of
the
king
and
continued
to
encourage
the
crowds
to
rise
up
against
the
aristocracy
.
On
July
27
,
1793
,
Maximilien
Robespierre
was
elected
to
the
Committee
of
Public
____________________
,
formed
to
oversee
the
government
with
virtual
dictatorial
control
.
The
Revolutionary
government
instituted
the
Reign
of
____________________
in
September
.
In
the
next
11
months
,
300
,
000
suspected
enemies
of
the
Revolution
were
arrested
and
more
than
17
,
000
were
____________________
,
most
by
guillotine
.
Robespierre
was
able
to
eliminate
many
of
his
political
opponents
.
Robespierre
called
for
more
purges
and
executions
.
By
the
summer
of
1794
,
many
in
the
Revolutionary
government
began
to
question
his
motives
.
Then
,
he
was
overthrown
and
____________________
.
