Mr Miles Socials 9 Maximilien Robespierre The French revolution was one of the central events in the western civilization led by Maximilein Robespierre and his reign of terror that lasted from 1787-1799[rjgeib]. Even though Robespierre took out the monarchy‚ he wasn’t a better ruler than Louis XVI; instead he became a dictator. Firstly‚ even though he was a villain he was a great man before he got too involved with
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Josephine gave birth to a son‚ Eugène‚ and a daughter Hortense. During the Reign of Terror Vicomte Alexandre was accused of poorly defending Mainz and was considered an aristocrat‚ and was sentenced to death. Josephine who was considered too close to the counter-revolutionary financial circles was imprisoned‚ but five days later was freed due to the death of Maximilien de Robespierre‚ which led to the fall of Reign of Terror. Soon Josephine was a mistress of Vicomte de Baras‚ who was a government leader
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Revolution and the Industrial Revolution which both happened in the 18th century. The title ‘The Tyger’ is a symbol which was used in 18th century newspapers‚ similar to Blake’s symbolic description of the French Reign of Terror. The ‘Times’ newspaper talked about the Reign of Terror as a Tyger: “a tiger stalking the streets of Paris”. This ‘Tyger’ was used to symbolize the uncontrollable power‚ machinery‚ evil‚ violence and energy of the revolutions going on at this time. The description ‘Tyger
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in 1789. People like to use the guillotine to execute people because it was fast and quick.Because of the guillotine‚the government used it to kill many innocent people during the Reign of terror. The Reign of terror started from September 5‚ 1793 to July 27‚ 1794 after the death of King louis XVI.The Reign of terror charged by a man called Maximilien De Robespierre‚ he was a great politician and lawyer. He executes the people who by saying something critical of the revolutionary government and
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Even though the Committee of Public Safety led France with almost forty thousand people executed in a reign of terror‚ they ultimately protected the future of the revolution and its values through their increased legitimacy and their encouragement of fraternity and equality. By increasing their legitimacy‚ the Committee of Public Safety removed the chance of a counter-revolution by publishing the “Law of Suspects” and executing all the defined enemies of the revolution within France. In the months
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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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and before that war France had been in another war that lasted seven years. Louis XV did not care about the people‚ he living just thinking that if he was going to win the war or not‚ but unfortunately none of the war that was won. After 72 years of reign‚ Louis XIV died at Versailles on 1 September 1715 because of smallpox. After a few days of Louis XV died‚ his son Louis XVI was proclaimed the new king of France. Louis XVI was very nervous with his wife Marie Antoinette and he did not know
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Journey Into the Whirlwind‚ a memoir written by Evgeniia Ginzburg‚ shines incredible light onto what took place during Stalin’s reign of terror. She takes the reader from before she was even arrested‚ through her entire trial‚ and then into the labor camp. Although it really opens eyes to what truly took place there is still room the question the validity of the story told by Mrs. Ginzburg. Eugenia Ginzburg was officially prosecuted for acts of terrorism. She was told by officials that she was being
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Maximilien Robespierre has always been known to be controversial and misunderstood. He was the face of the French Revolution. In accordance with the Jacobins‚ they controlled the time known as the Reign of Terror‚ due to their influence in the accumulation of murders of those opposed to the revolution. Reign of Terror was a symbolic time period within the French Revolution that involved corruption of power and influence and mass executions. With Robespierre at the forefront‚ he became one of the most important
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This proposal culminated into the bloodiest period in the history of the French Revolution‚ known as the Reign of Terror‚ were those with suspected of counter-revolutionary activities or sympathies were executed often without a proper hearing and trial. Danton warned the counter revolutionaries during his time in the Committee‚ “... so that every day one aristocrat
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