After the execution of King Louis XVI, the national assembly appointed a 12 man Committee of Public Safety to run France. Maximilien Robespierre, a great orator dominated the committee and led the army to protect the nations borders. To defend from internal enemies, he enacted the Reign of Terror. During the year 1973-1974, anyone suspected of aiding the enemy was swiftly put on trial and sent to the guillotine. Terror became the order of the day, as Robespierre stated, “Softness to traitors will destroy us all.” The Reign of Terror was not justified because the threats to France externally and internally did not warrant the methods used.
Following the death of Louis XVI, France went to war with Britain, Holland and Spain. The French army …show more content…
With foreign troops threatening France’s border and civil war raging in the west, the division between two factions in the Convention became even deeper. On 2 June 1793, the Jacobins bowed to intense pressure from the sans-culottes and had 29 Girondin deputies arrested. This event stirred many more departments and cities across France to federalist revolt against Paris as the centre of power. The Committee of Public Safety was set up on April 6, 1793, during one of the crises of the Revolution, when France was beset by foreign and civil war. The new committee was to provide for the defence of the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the already existing organs of executive government. The members of the committee, at first numbering 9 and later increased to 12, were elected by the National Convention (representative assembly) for a period of one month and were eligible for re-election. In the summer of 1973, there was civil war (in the form of federalist revolts) throughout France, a continuing threat of foreign invasion, and a weakened economy. In Paris, the sans-culottes were a powerful force that could not be ignored by the
Following the death of Louis XVI, France went to war with Britain, Holland and Spain. The French army …show more content…
With foreign troops threatening France’s border and civil war raging in the west, the division between two factions in the Convention became even deeper. On 2 June 1793, the Jacobins bowed to intense pressure from the sans-culottes and had 29 Girondin deputies arrested. This event stirred many more departments and cities across France to federalist revolt against Paris as the centre of power. The Committee of Public Safety was set up on April 6, 1793, during one of the crises of the Revolution, when France was beset by foreign and civil war. The new committee was to provide for the defence of the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the already existing organs of executive government. The members of the committee, at first numbering 9 and later increased to 12, were elected by the National Convention (representative assembly) for a period of one month and were eligible for re-election. In the summer of 1973, there was civil war (in the form of federalist revolts) throughout France, a continuing threat of foreign invasion, and a weakened economy. In Paris, the sans-culottes were a powerful force that could not be ignored by the