Maximilien Robespierre

grow. General Rosin in a document states that " ... will carry terror into the departments where the seed of rebellion was sown..."(doc.5). The terror allowed made people afraid to rebel against the leader of the committee of public safety, Maximilien Robespierre. Without a rebellion to handle within the country, France can focus more on foreign invaders. The reign of terror was used as a way to eliminate the social classes."The law is just ,people remarked, it strikes rich or poor…

to one person. If the power falls into the wrong hands it will destroy the country. In addition to this absolute power turns people who do have good intentions and turns them bad. An example of the would be Robespierre as he was known as the incorruptible. Inevitably Maximilien de Robespierre did in fact become corrupted as the taste of power was addictive and he could not control…

to a much needed government, the era of the Reign of Terror. The bloodiest time in the French Revolution, lead by many people such as Robespierre, an educated man that spoke on the behalf of the people and spread ideas and actions for a better government. This part in the French Revolution will eventually end with the person who started it, Maximilien Robespierre. Although the Reign of Terror had brutal violence, it was justified because of the resistance of the revolution in France, the foreign…

armies had succeeded, the Committee started to fall back on regulating emergency economic controls but they furthered the political part of the Reign of Terror. A group of radicals who were in the Convention began to organize a conspiracy which led Robespierre to having belief that many of his supporters had turned their backs on him. They criticized him repeatedly when he attempted to speak at the National Convention in July of 1794. A period had been created, titled Thermidorian reaction and…

The acts of the execution of King Louis XVI led to the rise of Maximilien de Robespierre. Robespierre became the dictator of France and the years 1793 and 1794 became known as the Reign of Terror. In the Reign of Terror as many as 40,000 people died.”After falling out of favor with Robespierre, he came into the good graces of the Directory in 1795 after he saved the government from counter-revolutionary forces. For his efforts…

King and the other estates lock the Third Estate out of the meeting hall, because of this the Third Estate pledges to not disband until they had written a new constitution. That is what brought on the French Revolution, and in it leaders like Maximilien Robespierre brought the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers that he would attempt to incorporate into the new government.…

Ho Chi Minh in the Vietnam Revolution and Maximilien Robespierre in the French Revolution had some common characteristics such as how they were both well educated and good leaders. Ho Chi Minh studied at a Grammar school in Hue, was a schoolmaster in Phan Thiet, and was apprenticed at a technical institute in Saigon, showing his early exposure to leadership opportunities and education (Lacouture). Similarly, Robespierre was the leader of the National Convention and was a very experienced…

countries before and during the early point of the eighteenth century affected the circumstances that arose during events such as the terror. Future mindsets and psychological constructs depend on the surroundings of childhood and early adolescence. Robespierre came from a lower class family then put that towards the revolution because he was able to relate to the struggles ninety-seven…

strength to overpower and take control over the king and his family. The Rein of Terror: In the early 1790 's, France was at war with much of Europe. In order to try to deal with the troubles of war, the committee of public safety was created. Maximilien Robespierre, a lawyer and politician, became the leader of this committee. He believed that the only way to achieve a "republic of virtue" was through the use of terror. "Terror is necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution!!" "My poor…

negative. Still, even with all bad, Napoleon came to France when they needed him most, amidst all the death and insanity of the French Revolution. Many people took advantage of the French Revolution to gain power, including Jacques Roux, Maximilien Robespierre, Jacques Hebert, and Napoleon. Napoleon was the final one to take advantage of the French Revolution, he finally ended the radical movement with his dictatorship. The French Revolution had positive ideals at first, but was quickly…