Reign Of Terror DBQ

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To begin with many people believed that the reign of terror gave people their freedom and their Rights, many always believed that they their was no freedom and no equal rights given at all. In this traumatizing event about 16,000 people were killed and led people to Believe that the reign of terror was not justified. As a matter of fact on one of the documents “ A” it states “ men are born and remain free and equal rights” not only were laws broken, but the thing most valuable thing about life was taken. From this point on, innocent lives were taken which took away that person's “freedom and rights” all the way. The reign of terror was not justified because thousands of people were were killed, lower class and slaves were treated like

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