During the greater part of the day, the guillotine was kept busy at its ghastly work... Every aristocrat was a
traitor. For two hundred years [before] most of the people sweated, toiled, and starved on noble's estates
to keep a royal court in luxury..." Author unknown
The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own
is on their shoulders." Thomas Jefferson
Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La
Guillotine." Charles Dickens in a Tale of Two Cities
Which generalization best summarizes the views of these three authors related to the causes and consequences of the French Revolution?
A The guillotine became the chosen method for punishing those who supported the revolution against the nobles.
B. Because of historic abuses of power, the nobility became the obvious target for the revolutionaries and the guillotine.
c. Most foreigners like Thomas Jefferson had to fear for their lives as the horror of the killings at the guillotine continued.
D. The goals of liberty and equality were supported by the nobility and caused the nobility to begin a revolution against the king.