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Charlotte Corday

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A Girondin political activist who assassinated the Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat in July 1793 in an attempt to stop radical revolutionary violence.

AP course connection

Topic 5.5: 5.5 Effects of the French Revolution

Unit 5

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