The Reign of Terror (5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794)‚also known simply as The Terror‚ was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution‚ incited by conflict between rival political factions‚ the Girondins and the Jacobins‚ and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands‚ with 16‚594 executed by guillotine‚ another 25‚000 in summary executions across France. The guillotine (called the "National Razor") became
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The Bread riot started way before the French Revolution as early as 1724 but‚ during the spring of 1789‚ bread riots were very common. The bread riots were the main reason for the start of the French Revolution because‚ France was already in so much debt because of the King‚ wars with England and got some many people to dislike the King and Queen. As a result‚ the King(Louis XVI) raised the bread prices as much as 80 percent. Bad weather stopped the production of grain leading Peasants and commoners
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The Dreyfus case demonstrated the anti-Semitism permeating France’s military and‚ because many praised the ruling‚ in France in general. Interest in the case lapsed until 1896‚ when evidence was disclosed that implicated French Major Ferdinand Esterhazy as the guilty party. The army attempted to suppress this information‚ but a national uproar ensued‚ and the military had no choice but to put Esterhazy on trial. A court-martial was held in January 1898‚ and Esterhazy was acquitted within an hour
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It was 1789‚ King Louis XIV was on the throne and the ‘Revolution was born in blood’; the French Revolution had begun. The French Revolution began in 1789 on July 14th (Bastille Day) where the commoners of Paris stormed the prison‚ murdered the Governor and the Mayor of Paris. They were not standing for the mismanagement and tyranny of the French monarchy any longer. The Revolution that followed was a bloody massacre of torture and new ideas. Although the French Revolution only caused the people
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Maximilien de Robespierre‚ born on May 6‚ 1758‚ was a philosopher‚ a government official‚ journalist‚ scholar‚ judge and activist lawyer (1758-1794). Robespierre was one of the most influential architects of the French Revolution which was to lead to an era known in France as the Reign of Terror from 1793 to 1794. He lived at a dramatic time in the history of his country. Recognized for his deep knowledge of society and politics during the French Revolution‚ he played a decisive role during that
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political‚ and even personal. Maximilien Robespierre is often seen as the face of change during the French Revolution as he managed to gather a large following of fed up citizens ready to make their inept leaders pay. The rightfully enraged citizens of France were influenced by the Age of Enlightenment‚ by the concept of liberalism‚ and new “leaders” to abolish the outdated Monarchy in search of true justice for now and for the future. With Robespierre
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in the third estate‚ there were people who stood strong for the people. One in particular that was well know was Robespierre. Robespierre was one of the more opinionated of the third estate. The only differences was he was not scared to speak up for
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Reign of Terror DBQ: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Terror as an instrument of the French Revolution. 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
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The time period of 1787-1815 was a period of overlap of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Up until 1792‚ Louis XVI was reigning in France. He was experiencing an economic downfall‚ and had to call the Estates General as a result of disagreement over taxation to deal with the issues. The Third Estate joined forces with some of the nobles and clergy‚ and became the National Assembly or the National Convention as they would later be called. Together‚ they developed a constitution with
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1.1 Describe the social structure of the Old Regime The Old Regime was the social and political system of France in the 1770s where everybody was divided into three groups based on the social standing of their family. The First Estate‚ made up of the clergy of the Church‚ gave 2% of its income to the government. The Second Estate‚ made up of rich nobles‚ paid none to minimal taxes. The Third Estate accounted for 97% of the population and was made up of three general groups---the bourgeoisie‚ workers
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