The Reign Of Terror DBQ

The French Revolution is an important part of our history that will never be forgotten, there were many controversial events that took place in this historical timeline. The French Revolution was an attempt by the French to demolish Britain control and is also seen as a second Glorious Revolution by the Americans. There was extreme unnecessary violence that occurred during 1793 and 1794 that affected roughly 20,000 to 40,000 people that were killed by the guillotine during The Reign of Terror, including King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette(King 's Wife), and even Robespierre. The government used extreme ways to achieve its ends, in which many ways were wrong and cruel. In fact, The Reign of Terror was not justified because: The methods of the disaster were too extreme, the peasants and lower class citizens were not treated as well as the clergy, and it took away the citizens freedom.

The first reason why The Reign of Terror was not justified was because of the barbaric

methods of killing innocent people was to the extreme and should not have went that far. "There is information that was provided about the actions that were taken or what was currently going on in that area of France; Such as the amount of casualties from both sides during Vendée- 80,00 and 500,000 people on both sides ,the revolutionaries destroyed 1600 homes and chopped off 12 heads in five minutes”, (Doc C). This is important because so many people died that did not deserve it, and for really unnecessary reasons that make no sense. Robespierre would literally chop off your head if you went against him. Robespierre was the mastermind of The Reign of Terror and the most powerful man in France. He took the heart of the Revolution, …show more content…
For example, “Robespierre wants to have a democratic society where the people can vote and have a say, but he is willing to kill anyone who stands in his way,“(Doc