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Napoleon Bonaparte A general in the French army and leader of the 1799 coup that overthrew the Directory. Napoleon's accession marked the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleonic France and Europe.

Louis XVI The French king from 1774 to 1792 who was deposed during the French Revolution and executed in 1793. Louis XVI inherited the debt problem left by his grandfather, Louis XV, and added to the crisis himself through heavy spending during France's involvement in the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783. Because this massive debt overwhelmed all of his financial consultants, Louis XVI was forced to give in to the demands of the Parlement of Paris and convene the Estates-General-an action that led directly to the outbreak of the Revolution. Louis XVI was deposed in 1792 and executed a year later.

Marie-Antoinette The wife of King Louis XVI and, in the French commoners' eyes, the primary symbol of the French royalty's extravagance and excess. When Marie-Antoinette was executed in 1793, she was dressed in a plain dress, common to the poorest in French society.

Maximilien Robespierre A brilliant political tactician and leader of the radical Jacobins in the National Assembly. As chairman of the Committee of Public Safety, Robespierre pursued a planned economy and vigorous mobilization for war. He grew increasingly paranoid about counterrevolutionary opposition, however, and during the Reign of Terror of 1793-1794 attempted to silence all enemies of the Revolution in an effort to save France from invasion. After the moderates regained power and the Thermidorian Reaction was under way, they had Robespierre executed on July 28, 1794.

Jacques Necker A Swiss-born banker who served as France's director general of finance in the late 1770s, with high hopes of instituting reform. As it turned out, Necker was able only to propose small efforts at eliminating costly inefficiencies. He did produce a government budget, however, for the first time in French history.

Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès A liberal member of the clergy, supporter of the Third Estate, and author of the fiery 1789 pamphlet "What Is the Third Estate?" Sieyès was one of the primary leaders of the Third Estate's effort at political and economic reform in France.

Georges Jacques Danton, Lucie Simplice Camille Benoist Desmoulins, Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre, and Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just all had critical leadership roles in bringing about and carrying out the French Revolution. Danton observed, La revolution devore ses enfants [The revolution eats up its children]. And all four indeed had lost their heads by the time the revolution ended.

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Consider Maqximillian Robespierre as a Republican leader. He was known as a blood thirsty dictator to his detractors and as "The Incorruptible" by his supporters.

Jacques Pierre Brissot of the "Girondist Party" is worthy of consideration.

Jean-Paul Marat and Georges Danton were dominant leaders.

Louvet de Couvari was in the anti Robespierre fold.

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Some guy Named Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre

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King Louis XVI

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Robespierre.

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