Maximilien Robespierre

The cause of this is Maximilien Robespierre trying to turn France into a republic. Over the months that Robespierre has been in charge of the national assembly, which he now calls the National Convention, thousands of people have been sent to the guillotine. Most of the people sent to the guillotine have been aristocrats…

revolution. People were unhappy with their monarchy, there was a financial crisis, plight of the peasants and dissatisfaction of the middle class. The French Revolution caused radical turns in the French government, the Republic lead by Maximilien Robespierre took power and implicated many reforms such as public welfare, education and giving land to the poor. From the Republic Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power through the military and would lead France to conquer major parts of Europe. “The…

September V was the start of La Terreur or the Reign of terror. The first victim was none other than Marie Antoinette, after her husband's death and her sons suspicious disappearance, Lady Antoinette was sentenced and condemned to face the guillotines. Thus the start of La Terreur. Executions were considered a learning experience, and women were encouraged to attend and do knitting while they watched in awe. During the revolution 2,400 lost their lives in Paris, across France the number was a…

absolutely no reason to kill 20,000-40,000 with the guillotine. He killed a thousand people and took away their rights. This was Robespierre’s way of trying to make peace. “Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible,” said Maximilien Robespierre. This quote explains how terror would…

At the expense of thousands of lives, what we call the “Terror,” has saved our beloved country, France, from the brink of total collapse. The Committee of Public Safety and its leader, Maximilien Robespierre created a much needed military and got rid of internal France opposition. Although people may say that the massive bloodbath that the Committee has created was barbaric and extreme, it was essential to defeat the many problems threatening France during this “Reign of Terror.” During this…

in which it was created and in retrospect. The reign of terror was used by Maximilien Robespierre to consolidate his own power and influence in the country and provided no productive solutions to many major underlying socio-economic issues. It also led to the ultimate downfall of everything the French Revolution stood for as a result of the thousands of wrongful public executions and convictions. Maximilien Robespierre used his power within the ‘Committee of Public Safety’ to exercise control…

Continuities of Thought Between Abbé Sieyès and Robespierre In the years leading up to the French Revolution in 1789, political thinkers and writers like Bishop’s secretary Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès and Committee for Public Safety member’s Maximilien Robespierre help to shape the revolution’s directions, and even the direction toward “The Terror.” Abbé Sieyès wrote “What is the Third Estate? Everything.” in 1789, at the dawn of the revolution. The “Report on the Principles of Political…

Assembly compared to the Girondins who preferred a monarchical leadership. The firebrand Jacobins had their way and Maximilien Robespierre took over the leadership. He would later be executed for the murder of 15,000 people. Any dissident voice was considered a confession to anti-revolt and therefore a candidate for execution. ‘Virtue without terror,’ Robespierre recorded, is ‘fatal’ (Robespierre, n.p). Without the Jacobins, lawlessness would have resulted. Even though the revolution was a…

The film D’Anton lets its viewers visualize the conflict between two very powerful men during the reign of terror. They were both trying to make France better in the aspects of building a democracy. One of the powerful men, Maximilien Robespierre, was the man of the republic. He would go to extremes to build a republic. He was a member of the Jacobins club which was represented by the Republicans. He would call himself the incorruptible. He thought that he could not be corrupted by anything.…

and Maximilien Robespierre Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence in British-rule. Gandhi purpose in life was to make life better for all people, he wanted everyone to be the same, He didn't want some people to be more or less than other people. Whether it be dealing with poverty issue, individual rights or economic. Gandhi wanted Indian’s to be free from domination of other countries, discrimination and unfair taxes. He wanted all that to end. Robespierre…