The Absolute Monarchy, And The Beheading Of France

The Reign of Terror was a period in the revolution that was the most impacting on the French. When the author of the source explains how the people were terrorized “We could see very few people…that would lead to being arrested again” (doc. 6). It affected the people because they were terrified of leaving their homes and being sent to the guillotine. They lived in agony and isolation because they were always hiding for the fear they had towards the government. The citizens would not socialize, and they were always conscious that anything could happen at any moment. Another impact it had on the people of France were the reforms that the National Assembly made during the French Revolution that specified the citizen’s rights: “Liberty consists… of society the enjoyment of these same rights.” (doc. 5). When the National Assembly created the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they mentioned that all men had natural rights. The reform benefitted the men but not the women. The women were the most affected by this reform that occurred during the French Revolution that eventually caused a woman named Olympe de Gouges to write about these inequalities. The French Revolution significantly affected the French but the most substantial reasons were the changes in the citizen’s rights, and the terror that came with the

The Reign of Terror was a time after the death of King Louis XVI where over 16,000 people died due to the Guillotine. After going into multiple wars, France couldn't repay the money they took after King Louis put the country in extreme debt. King Louis XVI made the decision to try and get France out of debt by taxing the people. The first estate didn’t pay at all, the second estate barely paid because it was mostly made up of nobles and 2% of the population; the people that paid for most taxes were the third estate. Mostly made up of the Bourgeoisie, City workers and finally the peasants. With this unfair tax system many of the people went against the king. They also got their idea to go against the king

From a timeline of the Reign of Terror, in 1789 the French country had an absolute monarchy. Then in 1792, the goal of having a Constitutional Republic was completed (Document B). From 843 AD to 1792 France had a monarchy and the move from a monarchy to a republic was a huge step in the right direction for France. The Reign of Terror was necessary to help the change become smoother because there was a strong revolutionary government and had a humane way of keeping the government alive by killing some of the enemy “citizens”. One of the leaders of this revolutionary government was Maximilien Robespierre, he believed that the most effective way of governing, comes from the people. In 1794, he made a Report of the Principles of Public Morality to the National Convention. His most powerful weapon, wasn’t the guillotine, but his words. He describes how one must finish fighting for liberty against tyranny to complete a revolution and to complete the goal of having a Constitutional Republic. He also reports that the only citizens in a republic, are republicans, so the conspirators are no longer citizens, but enemies (Document G). Some of these enemies are the nobility and the clergy, because they only wanted what was best for them and their social groups, not what was best for the Republic. The fight against tyranny was not over till there were only republicans in the republic. The government leaders and courts made sure of this by using the guillotine. By getting rid of their enemies, France had a Constitutional Republic after the Reign of Terror. This is justified because the Constitutional Republic’s leaders were making sure that they got rid of all the Republic’s enemies and keeping their government safe, just like countries want to do

The revolution resulted, among other things, in the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in France and in the establishment of the First Republic. It was generated by a vast complex of causes, the most important of which were the inability of the ruling classes of nobility, clergy, and bourgeoisie to come to grips with the problems of state, the indecisive nature of the monarch, impoverishment of the workers, the intellectual ferment of the Age of Enlightenment, and the example of the American Revolution. Recent scholarship tends to downplay the social class struggle and emphasize political, cultural, ideological, and personality factors in the advent and unfolding of the conflict. The Revolution itself produced an equally vast complex of

King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette were two people that should not have been ruling a country. King Louis was always gone on hunting trips and Marie Antionette spent every dime of French money. Once the Monarchy ran out money, they started to tax the Third, and poorest, estate. The third estate took up 97% of the population. 97% of the population was starving and the royal family kept spending large amounts of money until the people revolted. The people of France tried to reason with King Louis, but he refused to change his ways and kept taxing the third estate. When the people revolted, they stormed the Bastille and took all of the weapons they could. The people then went to the King’s palace and demanded he fix the way he was ruling before they killed him. The King didn’t listen and was executed along with his wife. Of the three kids that Marie Antionette had, the two boys died of Tuberculosis in jail and the daughter was sent to live the remainder of her life in exile in Austria. It may seem as though the people of France had successfully overgrown their monarchy and could begin a life of freedom, however this is not the case. The French had rushed into combat too fast and did not have a plan for what to do after they had killed their rulers. The right of Terror begins where Maximilian Robespierre beheads 40,000 people in the span of ten months for speaking against the revolution. In the end, Robespierre ends up getting

This unfortunate turn for violence was a direct result of the poor education the common people had received. They did not fully understand the Enlightenment ideas and how to achieve them. Obviously, revolutions are always filled with violence and gore, but one notable thing about the French Revolution was the extremity of it. They had become so enraptured by this

Throughout History the Age of Enlightenment refers to the age of where people brought up new ideas, and thinking. In that period of time, they was philosopher, politician and intellectual. So people adapting to the idea lead up to the French revolution. During the Enlightenment they was a reinforcement on the political conflict between the monarchy and the nobility. The nobility are the people who belonged to the noble family, and the monarchy are people in the throne (King and Queen). Therefore the conflict between the head of the monarch and the nobility was about taxation. The French government was in a deep debt after fighting a war with the American, their king Louis the XVI forced the noble and the clergy to pay tax in order for them to pay their dept. As a result the nobility revolted. During the French revolution political, social and economic conflict is the events leading up to overthrow the king Louis the XVI and Marie-Antoinette which mark the reign of terror. First of all I will talk about the French revolution political, social and economic cause, then I will talk about the role of the Enlightenment then finally I will talk about the reign of terror how everything how everything ended.

The screams and spirits weeped inside the walls of Versaille while the queen herself, Marie Antoinette lays on her freshly washed out white covers in sorrow. Baskets full with several heads, countless corpses, and terror, roamed the streets of France. France was in steep debt with a very high amount of starving poor civilians throughout the lowlife of the town. In addition, Louis created a severely unfair tax system by allowing only the peasants and lower class to pay taxes while the 3% of the upper class did not pay at all. The majority of France began to become angry and rebelled. A man named Maximilien Robespierre was a chief prosecutor who helped France turn on Louis and had him executed. Louis’ execution on January 21, 1793 was start of a 19 month period known as “The Reign of Terror” led by Maximilien. The Reign of Terror was not justified because the lack of rights given to the people, the amount of deaths, and the abstraction of power.

Liberté, Egalité, and Fraternité were the main principles of the French revolution. However, it was a time where these three ideals would be twisted into nothing more than moral and physical violence. The revolution was ultimately a failure which spun out of control and began to murder itself. The French wanted Freedom from its absolutist ruler, but in turn saw themselves being governed by the devil. These citizens wanted a sense of brotherhood amongst their country, but saw their nation being torn apart by violence. Furthermore, the third estate sought to benefit from a new government that promised equality; however, the result was a further imbalance in an already corrupt society. Ironically, the gruesome reign of terror which was

Monarchs who hold the divine right to rule appear time and time again throughout history. Oftentimes, they use this ‘mandate of heaven’ to exercise full and absolute control over the governmental system of their society. This form of government is called an absolute monarchy. Absolute monarchy is a tool that, wielded well, can become extremely prosperous for both the kingdom, as well as the king that presides over it. On the other hand, when less capable figures attempt to harness the power of absolutism, it can lead to political and societal upheaval, and it usually does not end well for the one that tried to use it. King Louis XIV was able to achieve mastery of absolutist rule because the French government had been primed for absolutism

As a result of severe starvation and discontent, revolts began rising throughout France, and eventually Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were deposed and decapitated by French revolutionaries. After shuffling through a series of new leaders and legislatures, a man named Robespierre came to power. Robespierre incited fear throughout France by fueling a period of time known as the Reign of Terror. Over this short 15-month period, over 40,000 French citizens died (PBS 1). Many died due to being executed, while others starved to death or became extremely sick.

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.

A well-known milestone in European history, the French Revolution began in 1789 with the meeting of the Estates-General and ended in 1799 with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. Although there were many important events and ideas surrounding the Revolution, the focus for this essay is how the Revolution used terror to control the citizens of France.

Why did the French Revolution become violent and destroy itself from within? How did this happen? French Revolution was a period of the ideological, social and also political upheaval in the legislative history of France and even Europe. During which is the French polity which is previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and the aristocracy and also catholic clergy.

There were many consequences of the french revolution. Including the Reign Of Terror, The Reign of Terror was created by Maximilien de Robespierre. Over 40,000 people died at the command of Robespierre during a time known as The Reign of Terror. This was a consequence of the Revolution because, The Reign of Terror began with an overthrow of the Girondins. The terror was originally designed to fight the enemies of the revolution, to prevent counter-revolution from accomplishing at gaining more ground. Most of the people that were rounded up were not aristocrats, but they were just ordinary people. People were executed with the guillotine, it says it was a painless and effective way of executing those who opposed