The Jacobins used the power of the mob to take control and the Girondin leaders were arrested. In the period after the king's execution, tensions in the convention resulted in a power struggle between the Jacobins and the more moderate Girondins. The convention abolished the monarchy, declared France a republic and put the king on trial for treason, all measures strongly supported by Robespierre. After the downfall of the monarchy in August 1792, Robespierre was elected first deputy for Paris to the National Convention. In April 1790, was elected president of the powerful Jacobin political club. Robespierre became increasingly popular for his attacks on the monarchy and his advocacy of democratic reforms.
He was elected a deputy of the estates-general (a form of parliament, but without real power) that met in May 1789, and subsequently served in the National Constituent Assembly. He was educated in Paris and entered the same profession as his father. Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born in Arras on, the son of a lawyer. © Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician who became one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution.
