Question: What followed the person who lost his head in the French Revolution in the country who became allies with America after the Battle of Saratoga?

He administered capital punishment in the city of Paris for over forty years, and by his own hand executed nearly 3,000 people, including the King himself. Charles-Henri Sanson, full title "Chevalier Charles-Henri Sanson de Longval" (15 February 1739 – 4 July 1806), was the royal executioner of France during the reign of King Louis XVI, and High Executioner of the First French Republic. <SEP> Once news of Burgoyne's surrender reached France, King Louis XVI decided to enter into negotiations with the Americans that resulted in a formal Franco - American alliance and French entry into the war. This moved the conflict onto a global stage. As a consequence, Britain was forced to divert resources used to fight the war in North America to theaters in the West Indies and Europe, and rely on what turned out to be the chimera of Loyalist support in its North American operations. Being defeated by the British in the French and Indian War more than a decade earlier, France found an opportunity of revenge by aiding the colonists throughout the Revolutionary War. Prior to the Battle of Saratoga, France did n't fully aid the colonists. However, after the Battles of Saratoga were conclusively won by the colonists, France realized that the Americans had the hope of winning the war, and began fully aiding the colonists by sending soldiers, donations, loans, military arms, and supplies. <SEP> the allied disaster at austerlitz significantly shook the faith of emperor francis in the british-led war effort. france and austria agreed to an armistice immediately and the treaty of pressburg followed shortly after on 26 december. pressburg took austria out of both the war and the coalition while reinforcing the earlier treaties of campo formio and of lunéville between the two powers. the treaty confirmed the austrian loss of lands to france in italy and bavaria, and lands in germany to napoleon's german allies. it also imposed an indemnity of 40 million francs on the defeated habsburgs and allowed the fleeing russian troops free passage through hostile territories and back to their home soil. napoleon went on to say, "the battle of austerlitz is the finest of all i have fought." frank mclynn suggests that napoleon was so successful at austerlitz that he lost touch with reality, and what used to be french foreign policy became a "personal napoleonic one". vincent cronin disagrees, stating that napoleon was not overly ambitious for himself, "he embodied the ambitions of thirty million frenchmen". <SEP> tensions over rising polish nationalism and the economic effects of the continental system led to renewed confrontation with russia. to enforce his blockade, napoleon launched an invasion of russia in the summer of 1812. the resulting campaign witnessed the catastrophic collapse of the grand army, forcing the french to retreat, as well as leading to the widespread destruction of russian lands and cities. in 1813, prussia and austria joined russian forces in a sixth coalition against france. a chaotic military campaign in central europe eventually culminated in a large allied army defeating napoleon at the battle of leipzig in october. the next year, the allies invaded france and captured paris, forcing napoleon to abdicate in april 1814. he was exiled to the island of elba. the bourbons were restored to power and the french lost most of the territories that they had conquered since the revolution. however, napoleon escaped from elba in february 1815 and took control of the government once again. the allies responded by forming a seventh coalition, which ultimately defeated napoleon at the battle of waterloo in june. the royal navy then thwarted his planned escape to the united states in july, so he surrendered to the british after running out of other options. the british exiled him to the remote island of saint helena in the south atlantic. his death in 1821 at the age of 51 was received with shock and grief throughout europe. in 1840, a million people witnessed his remains returning to paris, where they still reside at les invalides. <SEP> The National Convention had convicted the king (17 January 1792) in a near - unanimous vote (while no one voted`` not guilty'', several deputies abstained) and condemned him to death by a simple majority. The execution of Louis XVI, by means of the guillotine, a major event of the French Revolution, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution (``Revolution Square '', formerly Place Louis XV, and renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795) in Paris.