The Reign of Terror

In 1789, the French Revolution began because of lack of food, money, and jobs in France and from influence from the American revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. By 1793, the National Convention wrote the Republican Constitution and beheaded King Louis XVI for treason by guillotine. Maximilien Robespierre took control of the National Convention and the country. He changed France with his words but he eventually would be one of the last victims of the guillotine. No less than five years later, Napoleon took control and changed France to an empire. During the Reign of Terror there was over 40,000 deaths by guillotine, which was considered to be a humane way of killing. Was the Reign of Terror and all

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Was the Reign of Terror justified? No, they persecuted people for their Beliefs, is that right? No, not at all. The Reign of Terror lasted for about 2 years from January 1793 to late July 1794. During those two years more than 20,000 French people were killed by Guillotine. The Guillotine was regarded as a humane way to execute criminals. It was a sharp, angled blade which dropped quickly on a guided track, beheading the man or woman.

A giant crowd stands packed together in a square eagerly watching a guillotine blade fall. They chant a name, the name of a man grabbing a decapitated head by the hair and swinging it around for all to see with a morbid grin on his face. This man’s name is shouted in the streets, making him famous for his violent acts. The people have turned into a pack of wolves only craving the next kill, the next bloodshed. This brutal time during French history was spearheaded by Maximilien Robespierre following the overthrow of the French monarch King Louis XVI. The people of France despised their absolute monarch because of the bankruptcy of the government, his continued overspending, and the unfair tax laws he established. The savage period of time

The Reign of Terror, led by Robespierre, was a frightening period during the French Revolution that occurred to bring liberty, property, and equality to the citizens of France so they could live in peace within the government. The Reign of Terror began after the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 to late July 1794. Between those 18 long months, more than 20,000 french citizens were put to the death by the guillotine; a machine used for beheading people. The threats, methods, and ideals are the reasons for why the Reign of Terror was not justified.

Violence is an unavoidable terror that has played one of the, if not the most, important roles in all of history. Without violence, lands wouldn’t be conquered, empires wouldn’t fall, and people wouldn’t have any limits or restrictions. The French Revolution is one example of a violent uprising because the people of France revolted against the rule of King Louis XVI by raiding, storming, and slaughtering for their natural equal rights. The revolution marked the end of a government ruled by monarchy and the start of the Republic of France. One important reason of why the revolution was successful in bringing political change was because it was violent.

During the French Revolution, there was a period of radical ideas and actions. This period is known as the Reign of Terror. The reign of terror was not justified because of the revolutionaries failure to follow their original beliefs, the threats received by the revolutionaries wasn’t severe enough for such drastic actions, and the brutal methods used were unnecessary. The beliefs of the revolution were not followed through; making the Reign of Terror period unjustified. In the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens, article 10 states “no one should be silenced on account of his opinions, including his religious views” (doc A).

In 1789, the French Revolution struck the citizens of France. The economy started to struggle after King Louis XVI was drowning in debt from the expensive wars and the prices of bread started to grow. This caused chaos among the people of France, as fear for survival increased. King Louis then called the estates general to help fix the financial crisis. They came up with the Declaration of Man and Citizen which promised “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.”

There was no justice to these acts of terror in France. During this time period the 3rd estate was 98% of the population, 1.5% was the 2nd and .5% was the 1st estate. The 3rd estate was the peasants who had to pay 100% of the taxes in this time period and by the poor being taxed and France spending a lot of their money on random stuff and junk. They were in debt because of this. The Reign of Terror was unjustified because of the discrimination and violence to the non-republics and peasants. (Doc G.) The government also played a big factor in the unfair justice to the peasants and non-republics by making the peasants pay all the taxes and not giving them any say in government. (Doc A.)

During the French Revolution, a radical by the name of Maximillian Robespierre was appointed leader of the Committee of Public Safety. The Committee of Public Safety was created to protect France from its enemies. In the process, they killed 40,000 people. The committee of Public Safety did not protect France’s Revolution from the enemies, especially through the way they expressed ideals and their various laws.

Was the reign of terror truly justified? In the 1780’s there was a king named Louis the XVI. Louis was an absolute monarch with all the power. King Louis and his wife were in serious dept, and the people of France were starving while the king and queen filled their bellies with all the food they wanted. The people of France wanted liberty, equality, and fraternity, so they revolted in 1789 and all three estates were fighting for power which lead to the reign of terror. The reign of terror was not justified because lots of innocent people had died, the amount of people that died, and they also the Committee of Public Safety which took away their rights.

As more peoples blood is split to gain the rights not extended to them, the Terror grows becoming more and more gruesome. The French revolution began in late 1789 to obtain the rights that every citizen in born with. The motto of the French was liberty, equality, or death and the price to be paid for the civil liberties was blood. The revolutionary leader Robespierre and journalist Marat explained the more blood the better so that was what raged the people and started the Reign of Terror. Were the values expressed by the French Revolution necessary though? Even though, the French Revolution saw the Terror as a sign to create peace and restore a new France it was not justified because the extremities of the internal and external threats

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Terror as an instrument of the French Revolution.

The Reign of Terror was one of history's symbolic events that have changed the world for the better. Have started with King Louis XVI's reign in 1789 to 1793 (document B); which lead France down a rabbit hole of poverty, starvation of the people, and an unfair tax system (background essay). All of France's problems have manifested into something that King Louis has done, but cannot stop. With the help of Maximilien Robespierre, the Reign of Terror was declared to fix a corrupted government. The Reign of Terror was justified to rebuild the government that problems that Louis XVI created. With the help of Robespierre and the death contraption known as the guillotine, the Reign of Terror served it's purpose and helped France with its