Through the years of history many leaders have come to power‚ and used brutal force against people that have spoke out against their government. Hitler is used as an example many times of this‚ but Hitler is not the only one to do this. Maximilien Robespierre came before him and used force by the way of the use of the guillotine. The reason people wanted a revolution was because of the power of the first class people and the Monarchy had over everyone else. Many times change in power will bring someone
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The French Revolution that started in 1789 was one of the most influential events in all of human history. It was a time where many of the peasants of France united to overthrow King Louis XVI and his queen‚ Marie-Antoinette. Peasants and lower-class citizens all over France grew tired of being poor‚ and mistreated. Protests grew more violent as the circumstances worsened. Eventually‚ a new government took over and executed the former king and queen. The time after was known as the Reign of Terror
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governments for centuries. Internally‚ popular agitation radicalized the Revolution significantly‚ culminating in the rise of Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins. The dictatorship imposed by the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror‚ from 1793 until 1794‚ led to anywhere from 16‚000 to 40‚000 deaths.[1] After the fall of the Jacobins and the execution of Robespierre‚ the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799. In that
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Overview: This essay is a summary of the 2005 History Channel documentary of the French Revolution. The closing paragraph is my personal opinion on the movie. All information came from the Documentary. Documentary Information Directed by Writing credits Doug Shultz Thomas Emil Doug Shultz Produced by Hilary Sio Doug Shultz/Producer Sandya Viswanathan/Co-producer In 1770 the French Revolution began to form‚ at Fifteen Louis the sixteenth‚ marries Marie Antoinette the fourteen year old Austrian
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Robespierre‚ in particular‚ played a central role in the radical phase of the revolution known as the Reign of Terror‚ where thousands of perceived enemies of the revolution were executed. Danton was a leading figure in the early stages of the revolution and
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Maximilien de Robespierre became the most influential figure of the Revolution. Born in Arras‚ he was a lawyer‚ choosing to represent the lower class‚ before becoming a politician. His role as a revolutionary began in 1789‚ when he was elected deputy of the bourgeoisie
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Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to power during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. Bonaparte grew up on the island of Corsica. In July 1793‚ when Bonaparte was in the military‚ he led the siege of Toulon‚ and with his highly acclaimed tactics‚ won and was promoted to brigadier general at the age of twenty four. Napoleon Bonaparte’s early life‚ time in the military‚ exile and the events
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1. This document was written between the years of 1796 to 1809‚ during which Napoleon Bonaparte was the military commander gaining popularity. The document starts in 1796 when Napoleon was a commander of the army‚ he began explaining with the conditions that they were fighting in and talks about wanting a change‚ and the document ends in the year 1809‚ with Napoleon explaining his strategies to make his army look larger than what it was (SWT‚ 117&119). 2. This document has four different parts to
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Leaders of the French Revolution Made By: Abby Bour Table of Contents Louis XVI Maximillien Robespierre Napoleon Bonaparte Louis XVI Louis XVI Louis XVI was born on August 23‚ 1754 in Versailles‚ France. He was born to his mother‚ Princess Marie-Josephine‚ and his father‚ Louis‚ the Dauphin of France. He was born with the name of Louis-August‚ Duke of Berry. Louis-August was the oldest of seven children‚ but was the third son. When his father was 36‚ he died of Lung Tuberculosis
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During the French Revolution a government cemented in the ideas of the Enlightenment was attempted to be created‚ especially from the year 1789 through the Reign of Terror. Enlightenment philosophies became prominent in many aspects of society‚ including polices dealing with the Church‚ the structure of the government‚ and political principles to base all future forms of government off of. As Enlightenment philosophies were rooted so deeply in the ideas of the French Revolution it was inevitable
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