Maximilien Robespierre

the acts of protest, attacks and invasions. This event was one of the factors that also contributed to France shifting to a democratic system. It allowed an individual to take full power of not just the governments but the country itself- Maximilien Robespierre. Many neighbouring countries of France were forced to take action and intervene with this horrific period that occurred throughout history between 1792-1795. France declaring…

taxes and inequality, and so they wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and forced the king at the time, Louis XVI, to share power with the National Assembly. As the Revolution gained more power, its leaders became more paranoid. In 1793, Maximilien Robespierre, who had assumed most of the power in France, declared that a reign of terror would begin. During this period of time, the French government’s first priority was keeping the Revolution safe from people who wanted…

lead the Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre. Leading up to this event, new countries such as Great Britain, Holland, and Spain had recently joined Austria and Prussia in war against France. Some people of France saw the war efforts against them as a sign that the revolution was not good, and joined other counter-revolutionists. This resembled the need for leadership to help protect France the multitude of enemies to the revolution, the committee was formed. Robespierre led the Committee of…

Republic, Robespierre appeals to ethos because he is trustworthy and has led the citizens after the collapse of the National Assembly and the formation of the National Convention (Axelrod and Charles par. 2). In addition, the ability to give the French people what they want, which includes freedom, security, and welfare, allows Robespierre to instill a sense of rebellion in the French people that are craving for a liberal leader. Peter Hanns Reill and Ellen Judy Wilson agree that Robespierre…

for her. Robespierre, like the pet owner, instills limitations on the people 's rights to achieve what he believes to be the ideal France. During the rule of Louis XVI in the 1780s, profound problems like debt and inflation faced the country, sparking…

rred during the radical period of the French Revolution as a response to the conflict between the Girondins and The Mountains. During this time, the Committee of Public Safety executed thousands of internal “enemies of the revolution” (“Report in the Name,” 47). Although many argue otherwise, The Terror was not a perversion of the original ideals of the revolution because the ideals of the revolution were to gain more equality for the people of France, and the punishments that occurred were…

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…

2nd Essay - Rough Draft In Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 author Gary Kates states that “Furet [claimed] the Revolution embraced a radical ideology of popular sovereignty so that any abuse of power could be excused so long as it was achieved in the name of the people” (175). Personally, I agree with this statement because the people were willing to do anything to get what they desired. The French Revolution was built upon the fact that French citizens desired to control the…

does not want to make a change at all. In contrast,Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leaders of a rebellion, who rallied the citizens and got them to rebel against the king. “Robespierre and his supporters set out to build a ‘republic of virtue’ by wiping out every trace of France’s past”(McDougal Littell 226) demonstrates Robespierre 's power and courage to better France. The wording “Robespierre and his supporters” indicates that Robespierre was not alone and had willing citizens to help him…

the French Revolution, there was also some that went against it. The French Revolution confirmed and contradicted the main political ideas of the enlightenment due to changes in democracy, taking Louis XVI out of the government, and the views of Robespierre and Napoleon. The first way how the French Revolution confirmed the main political ideas of the Enlightenment is by the change in democracy. In the 1770s, the citizens of France were separated into three social classes in result of the…