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Danton was the son of middle class parents. An attorney named Jaques Danton and his second wife Marie-Madeleine Camus. ... Because of his valuable leadership in the coup, Danton was assigned the position of Minister of Justice and was made member of the Provisional Executive Council. ... On September 2, 1792 Danton addressed his audience with what is said to be the greatest speech of his career. ... This, and the fact that the Girondists were using their power unwisely, caused Danton to resign from the Executive Council and shift his allegiance to the Jacobins and Roberspierre.
While the Jacobins were in power, Danton participated in a very violent part of the revolution known as the Terror. After several years involved in this, Danton and an associate (Camille Desmoulins) realized that they had gone too far and that the Terror had to be stopped so that the convention could turn its attention to preparing a workable republican constitution for an orderly government.
Approximate Word count = 693
Approximate Pages = 2.8
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