French people‚ creating the Reign of Terror. The end of the Revolution came from a French general‚ Napoleon
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Was The Reign Of Terror Justified? The French revolution was planned to overthrow the monarchy of France because the King was over taxing the poor‚ spending the tax money on himself‚ and didn’t seem to care about the starving people of France. It was not planned to kill large amounts of people every 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
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why the Reign of Terror was unjustified. During the period 1789 to 1794‚ somewhere between 20‚000 and 40‚000 innocent people were killed‚ and the homes and property of many more citizens were destroyed. While this was happening‚ Robespierre‚ the leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ failed to address the needs of the French people. The French people’s rights were violated‚ and they were no better off because they were just as poor as they had been before the Revolution. During The Reign of Terror
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The immediate bloody aftermath ‚ was a product of social‚ economic‚ and political forces. The spirit of idealism that gripped France during the early phases of the Revolution gave way to mass paranoia and extremism‚ culminating in Robespierre’s cruel regime. In the beginning of the French Revolution‚ Enlightenment of the French Revolution‚ known as the Reign of Terrorphilosophy seemed like a panacea for societal woes. Prominent philosophers like Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ and Diderot contributed to a new
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The Reign Of Terror was an unjustified part of the French Revolution. These hateful and vengeful acts led to an outburst of fear amongst the french people. What once started as a start to a new government led to an unexpected ruling of Maximilien Robespierre. Robespierre was the leader of the Public Safety Committee‚ and the reason king Louis XVI and many others were executed. He wanted to lead the french people to victory during this revolution‚ but the power corrupted him. Thus leading to the reign
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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 into power that takes the power they have and let it get to their head. During the Reign of Terror France became a new country‚ there was a new calendar created along with the days of the weeks changed‚ new power was formed in way of the Committee
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many agree that they French revolution was a reign of terror. During this time‚ the monarchy in France had undergone major change and finally overthrown by the unhappy French citizens. There were many reasons for this action of overthrowing the government‚ some of which being high taxes‚ which only the third estate had to pay‚ the lack of participation that king Louis and Marie Antoinette had shown whilst in power towards ruling the country. King Louis XVI was not entirely to blame as France could
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the royal family were executed and the chaos in cities began. The goal of this was to make a new government with freedom and to accomplish this one would murder the royal family. This is how the two year period of the Reign of Terror was like in France during the French Revolution. B. Precisely‚ were these extreme methods in the Reign of Terror the right way to solve France’s problems? C. he Reign of Terror in France was justified due to the three threats and methods that were used. D. First‚ the external
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XVI took control over France‚ it was already in a downward spiral due to past issues. After many tries to fix the country of France‚ Louis XVI continued to fail and a reform was wanted by many. The Third estate wanted to take their idea of a reformation and put it into action by creating a new government. Lead by Maximilien Robespierre‚ a majority of the French population started looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. On June 17‚ 1789 the National Assembly was created. Many different things
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eyes of some people the Reign of Terror was justified and to 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
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