Maximilien Robespierre

History Of Modern Europe, Merriman emphasizes how: “ from the point of view of the Jacobins, those who were not for the revolution were against the revolution.” In an attempt to prevent counter-revolution, the Jacobin revolutionaries led by Maximilien Robespierre distilled fear in the “enemies” of revolution, sentencing 30,000 to…

However, after this events, Robespierre who wanted the absolute power over the nation, accuses him of corruption against the revolutions and sentences him to death on the guillotine on the 5th of April 1794. After Danton’s death, another party was created, they were named The Enrages…

events which occurred in our history, were or may be named, as terrorism. One of that event, worldly proclamed terrorism , was the behavior of the self proclamed initiator of French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre. It's exactly in relation with French revolution's “Reign of Terror” instaured by Robespierre, that a lot of people have a habit of considering this word to have a french origins, while it's not the exact true. Definition of terrorism In this paper, I will discuss the definition…

financial crisis, they created the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen which ensured liberty, equality, and fraternity. However, Austria and Prussia were unhappy. They feared it increased the chance of a revolution. Led by chief prosecutor, Maximilien Robespierre, found that the king was guilty against the state. In 1793, he was guillotined. The execution lead to the Reign of Terror. 20,000 people were executed.…

Our story takes place in France around 1780 during the French Revolution. At the time the french society was divided into three different social classes called estates. At the top was the king and below him was the first estate that consisted of the clergy and priests. Below them was the second estate and this is where the nobles stood. Lastly at the bottom was the third estate and this was made up of the majority of the population and they were known as commoners. Life wasn’t easy at the time…

to defend their country attackers foreign and domestic. Some would say it was the responsibility of the revolutionary government to do what was necessary to keep the people safe and support their country in a time of need. In the words of Maximilien Robespierre, “In order to lay the foundations of democracy among us and to consolidate it, in order to arrive at the peaceful reign of constitutional law, we must finish the war of liberty against tyranny and safely cross through the storms of the…

The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that was exacted upon enemies of the French revolution. During this time, Napoleon was promoted to brigadier general in the army, but when Robespierre fell from his seat of power in 1797 Napoleon was briefly placed under house arrest for his ties to them. Just one year after being placed in house arrest Napoleon helped suppress a royalist opposition to the revolutionary government, and was shortly…

a crucial time during the French Revolution that negatively affected the lives of many. This horrifying period during the French Revolution all began in the year 1792 when former King Louis XVI was executed for treason. The following year, Maximilien Robespierre took control of France through the Committee of Public Safety. From that point on, the country of France went into a time of mourning and brought great suffering among millions. Was the Reign of Terror, a time of depression and…

the civil war begun in April 1793, Napoleon returned to France, now as an enemy of Paoli. He joined the military and showed his support for the Jacobins, who were known to be radical. France had a turbulent time, what gave the chance for Maximilien de Robespierre to gain…

Over 40,000 people in France were executed from 1793 to 1794. Whether or not this massive killing was necessary is controversial. Leading this reign of terror was dictator, Maximilien Robespierre, who was apart of the Jacobins and ruled France for about a year under absolute power. He ordered that anyone who was against the French Revolution would be imprisoned or executed. The problem with this was that not all who were accused were guilty. Robespierre’s justification for killing all of these…