Question

5. "With so many able-bodied men leaving for the frontlines, Paris is left defenseless, its jails bursting with political prisoners. An unsettling fear floods the city. The growing mass of prisoners may be impossible to contain Marat puts out a bloodthirsty call for revolutionary citizens descend upon the prisons and slaughter all inside." Why do you think Marat made this suggestion?

Answer 1

Answer:

Jean-Paul Marat, a political juggernaut of the French Revolution, made this suggestion in order to induce people to participate actively in the Revolution.

By making such a call for the massive participation of the common man, Marat did not want to isolate the people from the Revolution.

Explanation:

During the late part of the 18th century, Marat utilized his widely read publications to instigate the French people to carry out the ensuing violent revolution.  He was much beloved by the common man but equally widely slandered and disapproved of by some elites.