Committee of Public Safety

Barére’s (a Committee of Public Safety member) order to suppress the Vendee. Many of these representatives-on-mission were recalled and arrested by the Committee of Public Safety for their excessive brutality; demonstrated in General Westermann’s letter reading “I have crushed the children…massacred the women…”; which was later constrained by the Law of Frimaire. It cannot be forgotten that, though a prominent and popular figure, Robespierre was only one of twelve members of the Committee of Public Safety

way to “protect the public safety,” from external and internal enemies. The Reign of Terror was first established when “Committee of Public Safety” was tasked to protect the citizens. The “Committee of Public Safety” needed a way to protect the people from external and internal conflicts, which is why they created the Reign of Terror which meant that they could guillotine anyone whom they seemed to pose a threat towards the revolution. Later on the “Committee of Public Safety” established a shadowy

people on the committee, - namely Robespierre, Varenne, Carnot, Saint Andre, and Saint Just. In the first pages of the book, it is obvious the Robespierre will play the primary role in the book, that of the chairman, the most powerful man on the Committee of Public Safety. This can be seen when Palmer compares the other member to Robespierre. After the personal history of each of the twelve men, Palmer moves right in and starts discussing how and why the Committee of Public Safety was formed, and

This can be seen when Palmer compares the other member to Robespierre. After the personal history of each of the twelve men, Palmer moves right in and starts discussing how and why the Committee of Public Safety was formed, and how it came to power. After this, he maneuvers circumspectly into how the committee used this power to purge the nation of "counter revolutionaries," who needed but offend the sensitive ears of Robespierre to be executed. He then moves along chronologically to

The Reign of Terror was a period of turmoil in France following the onset of the French Revolution in 1789. Extreme violence and unwarranted brutality became standard during this decade. The head of the revolution and primary leader of the Committee of Public Safety was a French politician named Maximilien Robespierre.

The Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution both did and din’t protect themselves and their people from enemies. They passed two decrees which were called the Decree Against Profiteers and the Law of Suspects. In my opinion, the Decree Against Profiteers was a good thing for the French revolution and the Law of Suspects was a bad thing for trying to stop enemies. The Decree Against Profiters was meant to stop monopolies who owned to much money (Document A). They made having a monopoly

the inside. The Committee of Public Safety saw that a solution would be to kill all the counterrevolutionaries. There was a reason behind the killings, however these deaths are not justified. People should not be persecuted for their beliefs, consequently the Rain of Terror was illogical. This can be seen when discussing the Committee of Public Safety‘s original intentions, the internal effects and the situation France was in. The original goal of the committee of public safety was to stop counter

the revolution (Betros, G 2010; Dunn J 2014). In October 1793, public worship was forbidden, and soon “all visible signs of Christianity were removed” (Betros, G 2010). This demonstrates the oppression of religion and Robespierre’s despotic behaviour. Following the removal of the Catholic church, Robespierre imposed his own religion the ‘Cult of the Supreme Being’ in

French Revolution with the Reign of Terror where citizens were guillotined, while the Russian Revolution had Bloody Sunday, where citizens were killed. Radical leaders eventually got control over the government, such as Robespierre with the Committee of Public Safety and they issued their own policies Then, the Russian Revolution eventually ended with the Soviet Union taking control of Russia, similar to how Napoleon took control of France in the French Revolution. Both the French and Russian Revolution

wanted change and equality throughout France so they separated from the Estates General and formed their own government to govern France. A few years later in 1792, Maximilian Robespierre, the radical leader of the Jacobin party and the Committee of Public Safety, took control of France and executed king Louis XVI. Robespierre had a vision of a new France where everyone was equal. In order to reach his goal of completely reconstructing France, Robespierre unleashed a campaign of terror. Terror