Terror was a phase during the French Revolution when many people of France were executed for supposedly being ‘Enemies of the Revolution’. The Committee of Public Safety were behind most of the deaths and they were lead mainly by Maximilien de Robespierre. The greatest factors of the Terror were the revolution itself‚ internal political rivalry‚ social and economic problems‚ wars‚ leadership‚ violence and the Thermidorian reaction. These can be broadly put into the following categories: the causes
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some it was not justified. In this paper I will tell you why I think it is justified. Robespierre was the leader of the Reign of Terror. It all began in 1789 when the people wanted to form a new government in france. In my opinion I think that the reign of terror was justified. I think that it was justified because France was under attack during the time of the Reign of terror. Another reason is because Robespierre was making threats. They killed people that were thought to be enemies of the revolution
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Maximilien Robespierre. Robespierre was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror. He was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ the executive committee of the National Convention‚ and the most powerful man in France (“History Wiz”). To avert the possibility of a counter-revolution‚ the guards would send people to the guillotines with no remorse. Evidence was rarely needed to prove that the citizen was against the revolution; suspicion was enough to classify someone as the enemy. Robespierre prospered
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Maximilien François Marie Isidore Robespierre (IPA: [ma.ksi.mi.ljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi i.zi.dɔʁ də ʁɔ.bɛs.pjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and politician‚ and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Estates-General‚ the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club (Jacobin leader during the Reign of Terror)‚ he advocated against the death penalty and for the abolition of slavery‚ while supporting equality of rights‚ universal
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trapdoors for bottoms and to sink them in the Loire River. There are many groups who participated in the French Revolution. Robespierre was a famous person where he decides who shall get executed. The first and second estate hated Robespierre. Robespierre gave speeches where the revolutionary were interested and liked what he was saying. The new leader of the Jacobins was Robespierre under whom the Committee of Public Safety was established. The Sans Culottes were workman‚ who fought for survival. They
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Cromwell and Robespierre: Revolutionaries or Madmen Two leaders that wanted to do what was right for their country‚ unfortunately both leaders became corrupt with power. Cromwell and Robespierre saw their country’s falling apart by the reigning monarchy‚ they decide to start a revolution that changes England and France. Cromwell and Robespierre demonstrates their corruption through authority‚ beliefs‚ and religion. First‚ both Cromwell and Robespierre had true heroic intention when the revolution’s
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were Maximilien Robespierre‚ Louis Saint-Just‚ Jean Paul Marat‚ Jaques-Rene Hebert‚ Jaques Roux and Georges Danton. Robespierre was among the radical Jacobins and he opposed the idea of a war against the kings of Europe‚ arguing‚ "War would not create revolutions abroad but would lead to a military dictatorship in France." The Jacobins lost this argument resulting in the first stage of the radical revolution as France declared war on Austria‚ on 20 April 1792. Despite Robespierre ’s objections to
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tensions in France‚ which allowed the violence to escalate out of hand and cause the period know as “the terror” and give the opportunity for new leaders to rise up and take the country under control‚ Leaders such as Maximilien Robespierre‚ “the incorruptible”. Robespierre was the most influential member of the Committee as he was a big public speaker. He was also
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retain power. WHY IT MATTERS NOW Some governments that lack the support of a majority of their people still use fear to control their citizens. TERMS & NAMES • Legislative Assembly • émigré • sans-culotte • Jacobin • guillotine • Maximilien Robespierre • Reign of Terror SETTING THE STAGE Peasants were not the only members of French society to feel the Great Fear. Nobles and officers of the Church were equally afraid. Throughout France‚ bands of angry peasants struck out against members of
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day because they were suspected to be against the revolution. Influences like Marat’s newspaper made Robespierre and the people think that the answer to keeping the revolution alive was blood. The Reign of Terror was not justified because tons of innocent people were getting killed everyday from the guillotine. One reason why the reign of terror was not justified was that the way that Robespierre went about accusing people was horrible. If somebody
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