... statement and demonstrate the extermination of opposition. From day one, the First Republic of France (which will now simply be referred to as: the Republic) exercised a policy of the extermination of all that opposed it. One of the first things the Jacobins did was to depose Louise. They were no longer giving the Constitutional Monarchy a chance, and so simply removed all his power. This occurred in late September of 1792. However, the Republic clearly felt that merely removing Louise from power was not enough to suppress the threat he posed. The government knew that as long as Louise was alive, there would be people plotting to put him back on the thrown. So to completely eliminate any possibility of restoring Louise to power, they knew that had to get rid of him permanently. They had to kill him. Although it would have made things short and ...

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