the revolution. Many big names and people who were high up in their area were killed. They were all killed by the guillotine‚ a contraption that places one’s head in a spot to have a blade dropped on their neck thus beheading them. Maximilien Robespierre was the architect of the reign of terror and the one who started this movement. The Reign of Terror killed approximately 17‚000 people by guillotine to Robespierre’s orders. He was later overthrown and arrested by the national convention and killed
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The Committee of Public safety formed to protect the newly formed republic from outside attacks and internal conflicts. Maximilien Robespierre‚ the leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ introduced new legislation and expressed his ideals in a series of speeches. These speeches touched on the nature of public virtue and theory of revolutionary government. Robespierre differentiated a revolutionary government from a constitutional government‚ saying‚ “It has nothing in common with arbitrary rule;
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Lenin and Robespierre viewed revolutionary leadership in very different ways. Lenin was concerned with creating an organization and strategy that would show the political independence of the working class. He would have not cared what country he was doing it just that it was done somewhere so the world could have an example. Robespierre was absolutely a nationalist‚ everything he did he was doing for the good of France. He did not care about the workers or any other country. The two revolutions
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Criticism of the Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror’ was the name given to the actions of the Committee of Public Safety’ from the years between 1791-1794. Their actions can be justified‚ but can hold just as much criticism along with it. In my opinion‚ there could have been better ways to move the revolution along and the Reign of Terror’ should have never happened. After the French Revolution‚ Edmund Burke from Great Britain became one of the most famous critics of the Revolution. Burke
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radical phase is where that all fell apart. In a period ruled with the violence‚ fear‚ and dictatorship of Robespierre. The first event that shows this theme is the “Reign of Terror.” This event relates to the theme of fear and violence since Robespierre’s goal was to inflict fear on others in hopes of having them listen to him. The Reign of Terror was the time period in which Maximilien Robespierre assumed control after the execution of King Louis. The terror was created to kill off people who opposed
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from Rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and severity‚ heightened feeling[1] chiming with the moral climate of the final years of the Ancien Régime. David later became an active supporter of the French Revolution and friend of Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794)‚ and was effectively a dictator of the arts under the French Republic. Imprisoned after Robespierre’s fall from power‚ he aligned himself with yet another political regime upon his release‚ that of Napoleon I. It was at this time that
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The leader of the Jacobins was Robespierre‚ he was elected to the Estates General in 1789. He criticized the Monarch and suggested that he be put on trial and France become a Republic. He became the key figure during the time period known as the Reign of Terror. During this time‚ thousands of people thought to be oppositional to the revolution were executed. Robespierre was eventually tried and executed. Identify the strengths and weakness of each
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they were killing people for no reason. They had police disguised as normal people looking for anyone who talked even about the bread price‚ and had them executed. The guillotine was used much too often during the French Revolution. Maximilien de Robespierre also called “The Incorruptible” was one of the biggest leaders of the French Revolution. When he was in college he had greeted Louis XVI in Latin. But later was the one who sentenced Louis XVI to death. But once he had sent the king to death he
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A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF MAXIMILLIEN ROBESPIERRE AND JOSEPH STALIN Throughout European history‚ there have been infamous political leaders who have left unfavorable marks on their nation’s past. Two of the most terrible of these leaders were the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and the French Revolutionary Maximillien Robespierre. Although the two men were apart of completely different generations and different nationalities‚ their characteristics as politicians and as leaders were
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constitutionalist justice. Many of the people who were executed during this period of time were not aristocrats‚ but ordinary people who may have only stated a critical thought or judgment going against the revolutionary government. Many believe that once Robespierre became leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ he overpowered France and dominated the public‚ leading to the terror. Some believe that the terror occurred to stop counter-revolutionaries‚ such as the War in Vendée‚ and happened because of the
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