Ideas And Effects Of The French Revolution

The old Regime in France has three estates. The first estate consists of the clergy, the second is the nobility and the third is the middle class to peasantry. After all that happened during the Regime such as the French economic crisis, Storming the Bastille, The Political Crisis that revolted in Paris, The Great Fear, The National Assembly, Declaration off the Rights of men, and the Reforms of the National Assembly, the French Revolution entered a radical phase. France experienced one of the bloodiest regimes as leaders sought to extend and preserve the Revolution. In 1792, disastrous battles overseas quickly inflamed revolutionaries in Paris. Parisians stormed the royal palace and slaughtered the king’s guards. In reaction, the royal family fled to the Legislative Assembly. Radicals then elected a new legislative body called the National Convention. This convention extended suffrage to be to all male citizens, not just property owners. It also abolished the monarchy and established a republic. King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by a single vote. The Queen, Marie Antoinette was also executed. By 1799 the French Revolution dramatically changed France. It removed the

On the morning of January 21, 1793, an innocent man was executed in front of his entire country, by means of the guillotine. That man was King Louis XVI. King Louis XVI, who was married to Queen Marie Antoinette, was the King of France during the beginning stages of the French Revolution. Which took place throughout 1788, and up until King Louis XVI was charged with treason, in 1792. Before the French Revolution really started, France was divided by a strict class system and there were three estates. The third estate were restless and angry with the government. To do something about their complaints, they soon created the National Assembly at the Tennis Court Oath and the well known, violent, events of the French Revolution soon came to being. King Louis XVI was innocent of committing treason against France, because he showed throughout his rulership of the country

The radical turning point of the revolution, marked by the Reign of Terror, was an atmosphere of mass executions and imposed paranoia, with more than ten thousand “counterrevolutionaries” (vaguely defined, which at the end turned out to be anyone with dissent) sent to death under the Law of Suspects. Robespierre himself states that “Terror is nothing but prompt, severe, inflexible justice; it is therefore an emanation of virtue… The government of the revolution is the despotism of liberty against tyranny”. “Severe and inflexible”, as justified by Robespierre, the revolution needed a push in order to reach its goals. France under the committee's total control sent anyone with dissent to the guillotine because they were considered to be a threat to the new government, which ironically named itself “for the people”. An anonymous eyewitness during the reign commented on the Reign of Terror collection of authentic narratives that “It seemed as if their blind fury was particularly directed against the weakest and most amiable.The loveliest, the youngest, and the most interesting females, were dragged in crowds into this receptacle of misery, whence they were led, by dozens, to inundate the scaffold” (325). The sickening extent of human toll

For example, revolutionary figurehead Maximilien Robespierre can be seen holding the head of King Louis XIV next to the symbolic guillotine (Document F). The execution of a politician by another politician is highly unconscionable; revolutions can be successful without the death of one’s adversary. Other perceived “enemies” of the revolution were executed via guillotine, resulting in a total death count of over 16,000—all guillotine executions were public and normalized the butchering of political opponents. Moreover, Robespierre was a vehement opposer of the death penalty, but during the Reign of Terror, often used the guillotine to eliminate his rivals. This convenient change of morals within a revolutionary leader began the decadence of

It is estimated 16,000 people were guillotined during the revolution according to document F because they didn’t agree with the new government . The Reign of terror was not justified because according to Document E, “Watch committees were set up in every neighborhood to ferret out and expel

After the execution of King Louis XVI for being a traitor to France and shortly after her husband’s execution Marie Antoinette’ execution, France was at war with almost all of Europe. That is when a dedicated revolutionary Robespierre, a shrewd lawyer and politician rose to leadership of the Committee of Public Safety. Robespierre believed in religious toleration, the abolishment of slavery and in times of the revolution; to rule with terror. Robespierre ultimately wanted the revolution to succeed as he had saw in the Americans against the British and he believed the way to success was through terror. He agreed with Rousseau’s idea of general will over all legit law which slightly contradicted the ideas of natural law of an individual. He thought that by executing enemies of the revolution and instilling fear in to french people that the revolution would carry on smoothly. Unfortunately, the period known as the Reign of Terror was short-lived from 1793-1794 and left France weak and corrupted. Within the rule of Robespierre 300,000 were arrested and many of whom were falsely accused. The new execution machine that was the symbol of this dark and gruesome time was the guillotine. This symbol was huge in France because it beheaded all those who went against the

France was experience a great amount of change in the summer of 1793, when the Jacobins succeeded the moderates in the National Convention. With the radical Jacobins in power, the country was in tumult, and a Reign of Terror ensued due to a law of suspects that legalized local revolutionary committees. Because of this, thousands of people were killed by guillotine or other methods. Throughout the summer of 1793, the radical Jacobins’ control of the Committee of Public Safety instituted the Terror which was advantageous in it’s intended purpose, yet it was disadvantageous because of the enemies it created.

Many lives were lost and the revolters faced many struggles along the way. In American, French and Haitian societies, there were harsh punishments enacted by their government. In America, traitors were punished through death. Some methods of killing a person involved taking them to the gallows, hanging them, burning them, chopping off their head and chopping their body into four parts (“High Treason”, n.d.). The gallow method of killing was very similar to the Guillotine in France during the French Revolution. The gallow was a frame with a rope hanging from it which served as a painful means of execution and humiliation. Similarly, the Guillotine consisted of a solid frame into which a steel blade was attached and then brought down on the traitor, effectively chopping off their head. For example, King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were both killed using the Guillotine due to accounts of treason. They were accused of siding with foreign powers and conspiring against France. This showed how in some cases influential leaders were killed although it was rare in comparison to the revolters. In Haitian society, there were also humiliating consequences enacted on the slaves by the Europeans for their attempts at misconduct and rebellion. Some of these included whipping using a belt, burning and execution (Bowdoin College, n.d.). While all of these societies incorporated punishments that involved execution, the method used to complete these actions was a little different in every place. France used a steel blade while America used a rope and Haiti primarily whipped slaves. The colonists, French citizens and slaves faced a long, hard journey to get their independence and

A very mean man caused as this to happen, the guillotine and the death, the blood, and the violence. His name was Robespierre. And came to power why Marie Antoinette spent millions. He was hoping to save France, but in reality, made it

Soon the crowds will gather around the guillotine to watch in awe the beheading of the their terrible King Louis XVI. The king was found guilty of treason and in turn is now sentenced to be beheaded. This shameful coward of a king was found with his family trying to escape France to the Netherland. His goal was to get away from the revolution of his country but was stopped right before he crossed the border. He was brought back to his country and had to face the people he used to rule and look over but now they looked over him. The tables are turned now When he was in power he ruled with absolute power making the lives of his people in the 3rd estates lives miserable. He took most of their hard worked money as taxes and didn't leave them enough

The French Revolution was a time in European history from the years of 1789-1799, there were many changes that took place during this timeframe. Most of the changes that occurred then were either politically, socially, or economically motivated. There were many causes and effects of this Revolution as well. This timespan included how the kings ruled, how the Third Estate was treated, and even the adoption of a New Declaration. These changes have obviously led to many changes in Europe, and also other countries and civilizations that were influenced by the revolution.

21st January 1793: the day that Louis Capet would wake up and realise it would be his last. Helman’s painting illustrates Capet’s execution at the guillotine and exposes the haunting and violent side of the French Revolution. When looking at Helman’s work, the viewer can see the large crowds that flocked to the square, then known as the Place de la Revolution, to see their former King become a victim to the guillotine. Louis Capet, formerly known as King Louis XVI of France, was found guilty of ‘supporting rebels inside and émigrés outside revolutionary France and for his negotiations with foreign powers planning and then actually engaged in an invasion of the country.’ Helman’s work carries a great importance as it gives the viewer an insight into the violence, conflict and social division that defined the French Revolution.

The French Revolution took place in the 18th century, from 1789 to 1799. This war took ten years from start to finish. During this time, there were many issues that the government ran into.

The people in charge of the beheading was “the committee of safety”, they were also the government of France at the time. During the reign of terror 300,000 suspects were arrested, 17,000 were officially executed, and 10,000 died in prison or without a trial. The guillotine was the prime symbol of the reign of terror, this terror was led by Maximilien Robespierre and he truly showed terror. at this point in time if you used to be an aristocrat then you were likely dead unless you hide in some exotic place where they couldn't find you. Even the king and queen were executed the same as any other person, through the guillotine. Even Robespierre himself was killed by the guillotine. During the reign of terror, France was heaven, a heaven of trash, manure, mud, sewage, germs, and blood, lots of blood. also, witnesses say the basket they used to catch the decapitated heads was dark red, stained with the blood of the victims. To conclude the guillotine had a major influence on

The aristocracy continued raising taxes to fund their lavish lifestyles despite the mass bubble of debt surrounding France following the costly funding the Americans had requested for their own revolution. The lack of compassion on the aristocratic side ensured that they would receive none in return during the Revolution. Revolutionaries claimed to be fighting in the name of Enlightenment ideals such as popular sovereignty and “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”, but began to use the same form of oppression and violence the aristocracy used against them to promote their own bloodthirsty needs. The guillotine became regular punishment for offenders of the law, and seemed to institutionalize the revolutions violent methods, “..the figure of the sharp female called La Guillotine. It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine, looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack. It was the sign of the regeneration of the human race. It superseded the Cross” (Dickens 281). After the raid on the Bastille, the commoners ran wild, with the vengeful Madame Defarge leading the way. “The blood of tyranny and domination by the iron hand was down” (Dickens 224); the time of the