Public safety

The Committees of Public Safety and General Security represented the progressive avant-garde of the French Revolution. It was their adoption of terror that first used the word ‘terrorist’ in the political agenda, and transformed the Revolution in the eyes of many outsiders from…

during a democratic revolution, not just revolutionaries. During the French Revolution, in 1789, revolutionaries wanted to make a new government based on freedom of the people. In 1793, Maximilien Robespierre; National Convention; Committee of public safety wanted to scare people into supporting the new Republic. The revolutionaries killed the counter revolutionaries with the guillotine, about 35,000-40,000 people were murdered this way. The Reign of Terror was not justified because the threats…

The Reign of Terror: Was it Justified? September 1792 marks a turning point in history. A time of divided people, a time of beheading, and a time of terror. The Reign of Terror began with to imprisonment of Louis XVI in September of 1792. A new type of government was put in place, republic, causing the division of people. Some were counterrevolutionaires, against the new government, some were pro-revolution, for the new government. The two sides did not get along so the government turned to…

power which he held. The other one, Georges Jacques D’Anton, was the man of the people. D’Anton was a powerful figure because was educated. He was a lawyer with a great set of skills to get his point across. His big voice and ability to speak to the public made him able to express the recent problems in France. His oratorical skills were at such a high level that he could have talked to people anywhere and anytime. The common people loved him. They supported him because he would say what the…

The Justification of the Reign Of Terror Threatening to end the French Revolution. The French Revolution has been building up for years under the rule of King Louis 16. The things that lead up to the people of France revolting against the king was the serious debt, expensive wars, and the starving of the people of France. After the people of France revolted against the King they formed the new government as a republic. Down the road a man named Maximilian Robespierre introduced the guillotine…

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…

population of the government’s democratic intentions. Throughout the Terror, Robespierre emphasized punishing tyrants in order to strengthen the nation. In 1792 he said, “It is not thirst for a vengeance unworthy of the nation; it is the need to strengthen public liberty and tranquillity [sic] through the punishment of a tyrant.” Robespierre continued with that theme and in 1794 said, “All those who interpose their parricidal gentleness to protect the wicked from the avenging blade of national…

The Effects of Immigrants on Public Safety and Law Enforcement In the scholarly article, “Immigration and the Changing Social Fabric of American Cities”, the authors David Kirk, Andrew Papachristos, Jeffrey Fagan, and Tom Tyler aim to explore the issue of law enforcement in immigrant communities. From this, the question of whether or not the safety of the public is undermined when it comes to harsher immigration enforcement is produced. The primary points of this article are to explore this…

The People of the Revolution Danton’s Death is a play written by Georg Buchner that takes place in Paris during the Reign of Terror. The Reign of Terror, the era in which the Jacobins lead France, was by far the bloodiest part of the revolution. The main character of the play, Georges Danton, represented the Girondists who were the previous moderate leaders of France. The play shows the clear shift that French culture takes to backing the radical Jacobins and their violent regime. This cultural…

The Reign Of Terror, A little less than two years from when Louis XVI was beheaded in January 1793 through July 1794. Within that time period, over 20,000 were put to rest by the guillotine. Maximilien de Robespierre was perhaps the famous French Revolutionary. Educated as a lawyer, he believed in Rousseau’s teaching that the right to govern comes from the people. Robespierre also held the belief that all people should be able to vote. He dreamed of making France a constitutional republic rather…