How far should we go to be in peace and equilibrium with one another? Before the start of the French Revolution, the French had and unfair and unjust democracy. However, a group of powerful men took the idea of a more equal government too far. 1793 marks the beginning of the Reign of Terror, which includes the execution of outrageous numbers of innocent citizens and enemies. The question is: were these methods used to achieve a government full of liberty and equality justified? These methods were in fact not justified for multiple reasons.
External Threats from Foreign countries in no way justify the Reign of Terror. It was a reasonable action for Austria and Prussia to form an alliance to stop the French Revolution (Doc. A). If word of the Revolution would have spread to their countries, they would have a very big problem to deal with that would cost their countries millions and spread violence throughout their countries. Austria was also concerned about Queen Antoinette’s safety, which they had reason to be concerned about …show more content…
In October 1793, Revolutionaries destroyed 1600 homes and chopped off 12 heads in five minutes (Doc. C). The reason Revolutionaries did this was just to make an example of counterrevolutionaries, which is a very lame reason to set citizens’ homes on fire and to murder 12 innocent people. Historians estimate that anywhere between 80,000 and 500,000 French people on both sides died in the Vendee in 1793 (Doc. C). France was destroying itself from the inside out due to their fear of the internal threats. People in Vendee fought against a Revolutionary military draft called levee en masse and against laws that tried to abolish Christianity in France (Doc. C). French Government officials shouldn’t be sending out military drafts to kill their own people, let alone rid the French citizens of their freedom of
External Threats from Foreign countries in no way justify the Reign of Terror. It was a reasonable action for Austria and Prussia to form an alliance to stop the French Revolution (Doc. A). If word of the Revolution would have spread to their countries, they would have a very big problem to deal with that would cost their countries millions and spread violence throughout their countries. Austria was also concerned about Queen Antoinette’s safety, which they had reason to be concerned about …show more content…
In October 1793, Revolutionaries destroyed 1600 homes and chopped off 12 heads in five minutes (Doc. C). The reason Revolutionaries did this was just to make an example of counterrevolutionaries, which is a very lame reason to set citizens’ homes on fire and to murder 12 innocent people. Historians estimate that anywhere between 80,000 and 500,000 French people on both sides died in the Vendee in 1793 (Doc. C). France was destroying itself from the inside out due to their fear of the internal threats. People in Vendee fought against a Revolutionary military draft called levee en masse and against laws that tried to abolish Christianity in France (Doc. C). French Government officials shouldn’t be sending out military drafts to kill their own people, let alone rid the French citizens of their freedom of