Why did jacobins like maximilien de robespierre argue that the french royal family needed to be executed?
a. to appease military leaders such as napoléon
b. to abolish the feudal system forever
c. to convince france's enemies to stop attacking them
d. to avoid a return to absolute monarchy

Correct

D. To avoid a return to absolute monarchy

Maximilien de Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician. Figure associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

He argued that the only object of dispute with the monarchy is that they preferred power over equality. He also promulgated the following question: do they want a revolution without a revolution?, insisting that they had to take the necessary actions so that the monarchy did not return to absolute power.