Part One The National Convention was the governing body of France from September 21, 1792 to October 26, 1795. Many events pushed the National Convention towards the Reign of Terror, a time of violence and executions during the French Revolution. A few of the reasons were; the execution of their king, Louis XVI, in 1792, the food shortage because of bad harvests, and the ongoing threat of invasion from the rest of the European countries. These events pushed the National Convention to give the Committee of Public Safety more power in order to carry out the Reign of Terror. Robespierre wrote about the king 's trial, saying, “As for Louis, I ask that the National Convention declare him, from this moment on, a traitor to the French Nation, a
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The reforms he made were to achieve a sense of equality in the French state. His changes in government directly reflected the Revolutionary ideals of Liberty, equality and fraternity. Napoleon was able to bring France together by creating a national bank that would help fund his many conquests and making Catholicism the official religion of France but also allowing religious freedom so that the Pope would not gain the same power it once had. Napoleon helped stabilize the country by putting price maximums in place so that the poor could always afford food, in his mind this was a way of keeping the people happy so they would not revolt. The French people wanted stability overall after the many years they had spent in uncertainty. Napoleon brought them that stability while retaining the ideals of the Revolution. The French Revolution, as a result of the Enlightenment, set out to accomplish three main goals, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” Each was recognized through The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Equality among the French people was important to their sense of fraternity. Having these three ideals brought the country together as a whole and helped them accomplish a stable France with the leadership of Napoleon. While each of these ideas are different in nature, they became interconnected to the people of France. Achieving liberty, equality, and fraternity was a tremendous attainment for
The reforms he made were to achieve a sense of equality in the French state. His changes in government directly reflected the Revolutionary ideals of Liberty, equality and fraternity. Napoleon was able to bring France together by creating a national bank that would help fund his many conquests and making Catholicism the official religion of France but also allowing religious freedom so that the Pope would not gain the same power it once had. Napoleon helped stabilize the country by putting price maximums in place so that the poor could always afford food, in his mind this was a way of keeping the people happy so they would not revolt. The French people wanted stability overall after the many years they had spent in uncertainty. Napoleon brought them that stability while retaining the ideals of the Revolution. The French Revolution, as a result of the Enlightenment, set out to accomplish three main goals, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” Each was recognized through The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Equality among the French people was important to their sense of fraternity. Having these three ideals brought the country together as a whole and helped them accomplish a stable France with the leadership of Napoleon. While each of these ideas are different in nature, they became interconnected to the people of France. Achieving liberty, equality, and fraternity was a tremendous attainment for