Everyone deserves protection during a democratic revolution, not just revolutionaries. During the French Revolution, in 1789, revolutionaries wanted to make a new government based on freedom of the people. In 1793, Maximilien Robespierre; National Convention; Committee of public safety wanted to scare people into supporting the new Republic. The revolutionaries killed the counter revolutionaries with the guillotine, about 35,000-40,000 people were murdered this way. The Reign of Terror was not justified because the threats did not require, the methods used were too severe, and they went against their own ideas of freedom for the people. To begin with the threats to the French did not require the reaction they had, it also doesn’t justify
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A careless word of criticism against the government would put one in prison or worse.” (Doc E). This is way out of line people shouldn’t have to worry about what they have to say because there are others spying on them. Anything the informers/spies find negative would just lead that person who said it to death. The citizens should have a right to say what they want and not have to worry whether what they’re about to say is there last words or not. In (Doc B) on November, 1793, There was a Festival of Reason, when during that time Christian churches are soon closed by revolutionary governments. The French wanted to have a revolution so that the people could have their own rights. Closing down churches is doing the opposite, its removing the right people have to express and practice their religion. The guillotine was a method of execution the French used to kill criminals who were charged with a death sentence. It was really successful but at the same it wasn’t because it did scare people into obeying the law, but also they killed many people which means there were lots who disobeyed the law. NO! It is never okay to execute people to scare them into following with certain ideas. The methods the National Convention Unjustify the Reign of Terror big …show more content…
In (Doc A) it states, “ Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. No one should be silenced on account of his opinions, including his religious views.” The Revolutionaries are big fat hypocrites, they went against what they themselves wrote in a constitution. In (Doc G) Robespierre emphasized that only a combination of a commitment to republican ideals and terror could ensure the long term salvation of the Republic. The ideas from the same person Maximilian Rob. have completely changed for the bad. He went from being the peoples person to a dictator. No the Reign of terror was not necessary for the survival of the revolution’s original ideas of freedom and equality. The Reign of Terror also contradicted the original goals of the revolution. No violence is not needed to create peace and
A careless word of criticism against the government would put one in prison or worse.” (Doc E). This is way out of line people shouldn’t have to worry about what they have to say because there are others spying on them. Anything the informers/spies find negative would just lead that person who said it to death. The citizens should have a right to say what they want and not have to worry whether what they’re about to say is there last words or not. In (Doc B) on November, 1793, There was a Festival of Reason, when during that time Christian churches are soon closed by revolutionary governments. The French wanted to have a revolution so that the people could have their own rights. Closing down churches is doing the opposite, its removing the right people have to express and practice their religion. The guillotine was a method of execution the French used to kill criminals who were charged with a death sentence. It was really successful but at the same it wasn’t because it did scare people into obeying the law, but also they killed many people which means there were lots who disobeyed the law. NO! It is never okay to execute people to scare them into following with certain ideas. The methods the National Convention Unjustify the Reign of Terror big …show more content…
In (Doc A) it states, “ Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. No one should be silenced on account of his opinions, including his religious views.” The Revolutionaries are big fat hypocrites, they went against what they themselves wrote in a constitution. In (Doc G) Robespierre emphasized that only a combination of a commitment to republican ideals and terror could ensure the long term salvation of the Republic. The ideas from the same person Maximilian Rob. have completely changed for the bad. He went from being the peoples person to a dictator. No the Reign of terror was not necessary for the survival of the revolution’s original ideas of freedom and equality. The Reign of Terror also contradicted the original goals of the revolution. No violence is not needed to create peace and