Maximilien Robespierre

Liberté ou mort!- Liberty or death, a popular phrase during the French Revolution, the birth of the western ideals of freedom and liberty for all. The French Revolution was a pivotal period in pre-modern history that caused many changes to the world’s culture, pushing towards modernity. The “freedom fighters” of the French Revolution were fighting to end the rule of their absolutist king, but what actually came from their rebellion was more than what any of them could ever imagine- a…

and independent, as well as, they liberated themselves from the rule of Great Britain, therefore became independent... The French revolution, different from The American Revolution, they turned out not to success as they wished they could have... Robespierre, their once leader, got beheaded. Napoleon Bonaparte, a new emperor, had took over. He declared himself as the emperor of France and the revolution, was finally over. Different from France, In America, the colonists were being introduced to…

and won independence from Great Britain, like the Haitians did from France. The American revolution inspired revolutions in Haiti and in France. The Haitian revolution was led by Toussaint Louverture and the French Revolution was led by Maximilien Robespierre. Even Though the Haitian revolution was much more complex because it was several revolutions going on at the same time, these revolutions were more alike than they were different. Despite both struggling with the…

Murdered for saying the wrong thing. In 1793 the Reign of Terror began. The French had a monarchy and the people were tired of it. The French people revolted against their government under the lead of Maximilien Robespierre. During the Reign of Terror over 16,000 people died from guillotine. The Reign of Terror was not justified because it was unnecessary, it was brutal, and the people had their basic rights denied. It was unnecessary because so many people already had died. It was…

Maximilien Robespierre led the committee of public safety. Robespierre was a lawyer who was opposed to the monarchy. Robespierre was the force behind the reign of terror, a period of brutality in France that lasted from June 1793 to July 1794. Anyone with privileges or wealth was at risk of being killed. Families…

The American and French Revolution sparked some new ideas and gave way for change in two different countries and two different parts of the world. While it is true key events and reasons for the revolutions differentiate the two, both revolutions share a few full of things in common. Both revolutions started on the ideas of Enlightenment Thinkers, the demand for rights and equality, and proved that even the common man can make a change. Spanning over 100 years Britain established 13 colonies in…

One of the films that attempts to portray the gap between the law courts and France, as a country, is Ridicule. In essence, this movie symbolizes the deeply religious and ideological split in England during the Revolution in the 1640s. Likewise, the same rift between the provincial France and the Court of Versailles was also observed in France. During the Enlightenment period, this split between the cruel life of the court and the tedious grueling life in the provinces was intensified. To…

At the backbone of European history, the French Revolution was an important sequence of events that changed world history with its ideas and outcomes. Before the commencement of the French Revolution, France was in a period called the Old Regime, which was an absolute monarchy ruled by Louis XIV ("The Old Regime in France: Absolute Monarchy."). Traditionally, in the Old Regime, society was broken down into three estates; the clergy (first), the nobility (second), and everyone else (third). The…

The development of one society is, to an extent, determined by the influences certain leaders have on the people in the times of hardship. It is simply a concept that is to convince a certain group of people to strive towards a specific goal or mission. Whether a Prophet, King, Writer, Leader of War, or a simple boy in society, they all can have an impact on ones society and forever more change the way people live in years to come. Isaiah was a Hebrew Prophet that lived about 700 years before…

control on the country. War was declared and the French Monarchy was overthrown and replaced with a Democratic Republic. Fear striked through the country that enemies of the revolution would try and overthrow the new government. A man named Maximilien Robespierre came and took over the control of the National Convention. During his takeover an era called the Reign of Terror began. Thousands of “traitors” were executed by guillotine. Finally in 1799, a man named Napoleon Bonaparte…