George-Jacques Danton

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By: Amanda Pirrotta And Nina Cila. George-Jacques Danton. Basic information. AKA: Orator of the Streets. Born: October 26 th , 1759 Died: April 5 th , 1794 in Paris, France Born in Arcis-Sur-Aube, Champagne Activist Nationality: French. Characteristics. He has a strenterious voice - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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By: Amanda Pirrotta And Nina Cila

Basic information

AKA: Orator of the Streets

Born: October 26th, 1759

Died: April 5th, 1794 in Paris, France

Born in Arcis-Sur-Aube, Champagne

Activist Nationality: French

Characteristics He has a strenterious voicePragmatistVery lazySmartSexual Orientation: straight

He was 1st minister of justiceHe did not agree with the Reign of Terror.He did not think it needed to be used as much as it has been.

Views on the Reign of Terror

Fat White hairBlue/gray eyesStumpyMaleEthnicity: white

Physical Characteristics

That Robespierre would go down, and follow him.– Soon after Robespierre was arrested and sent to the guillotine.

He Predicted….

Robespierre

Georges-Jacques Danton

Fight for leadership

Robespierre Danton

Believes in the Guillotine

Ascetic, cold, severe, cautious, and uncompromising

Luxurious, reckless, generous

Danton Did not like the Girondins.

He was in between the Girondins and the Jacobins. When they started to split he was more towards the Jacobins.

Girondins

He was involved in the destruction of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789He was elected the 1st deputy prosecutor of the Paris Commune “Key figure in French Revolution”

Relation to the French rev.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Danton

http://www.astrotheme.fr/en/portraits/84qS5DHNBUZ3.htm

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1108509

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Danton

http://www.bookrags.com/biography/georges-jacques-danton/

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