Jacques Hébert was a man who lived a very long time ago, in a place called France. He was born in the year 1757 and he was very interested in writing and politics.
When Hébert was a grown-up, there were some very big changes happening in France. There were a lot of people who were unhappy with the way things were being done by the government, and they wanted things to be different.
Hébert was one of these people who wanted things to change. He started writing about how he wanted things to be different, and he wrote a newspaper called "Le Père Duchesne". This newspaper was very popular, and a lot of people read it and agreed with what Hébert had to say.
One of the things that Hébert believed was that the king of France should not be in charge anymore. He thought that the people should be in charge, and that everyone should have equal rights.
Hébert also believed that the Catholic Church was too powerful, and that the government should not have anything to do with religion. He thought that people should be free to practice whatever religion they wanted, or no religion at all.
Some people didn't like what Hébert was saying, and they thought he was being too radical. Eventually, things got so bad that Hébert was arrested and put in jail. He was accused of doing some very bad things, like supporting violence and being a traitor to his country.
Hébert was found guilty, and he was executed by the government in the year 1794. Despite his controversial ideas, Hébert is remembered as someone who believed strongly in the power of the people and the need for freedom and equality.