Reign of Terror

associated with terrorism like they are today? The first use in the English dictionary of the word terrorism occurred during the French Revolution in 1789 which is also known as the reign of terror.Furthermore the word terrorism originated from a Latin term called Terreowhich means to frighten. [Crimemuseum, 2014] Terror is an emotion of anxiety and anticipation which precedes horrific experiences such as a terrorist attack. Subsequent…

Napoleon is known as one of the world’s greatest military leaders. He helped France to expand to an Imperium but he also leads France into a war, in which he occupied big parts of Europe. But did he only impact Europe or did he also boost the North American economy and helped the United States of America to expand their impact on the world trade? Napoleon was born in Corsica, which was occupied by France at that time. His parents gave him and his brother Joseph the possibility to get an…

It was formed to oversee the government with virtual dictatorial control. Faced with pressures both from the outside and from within, the Revolutionary government instituted the Reign of Terror in September. In the next 11 months, 300,000 suspected enemies of the Revolution were arrested and more than 17,000 were executed, most by guillotine. In the chaos Robespierre was able to eliminate many of his political opponents, mainly the Girondist…

Throughout history, the expectations and duties of women have evolved immensely. In some societies women have been confined to the four walls of their homes, and in others women have stood as the heads of government. The role of women in the French Revolution is a complicated one, and it may seem as though these females carried out a multitude of functions. Indeed, women during this era engaged in a diverse array of activities and movements, ranging from dressing in patriotic garb, to writing…

the government. What started off as the lower class in France peacefully looking for fair representation when within the government, like forming the National Assembly, eventually became a period of constant rebellions and reforms known as the Reign of Terror, which got more and more violent as the Revolution progressed (Gaynor & Esler 469-478). A dynamic setting like this, where the power within the French government was constantly shifting, would provide for an interesting story since…

The women who influenced the French Revolution ultimately defined feminism and defied the patriarchal society that surrounded them. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes” and “organized activity on behalf of women 's rights and interests” (“Feminism”). Men of the French Revolution, however, disagreed with the sentiments of the feminist; Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote, “A woman that is an aesthete, is a…

methods, and even threats or conflicts. People ponder over whether they think that in the end the Reign of Terror was justified or not, but in the end was it really worth to have that many people die? They could have figured out a different path to take in order to have the same results, but spared an exceptionally greater amount of innocent people. One of the reasons towards why the Reign of Terror was not reasonable was that the people were living in fear of being executed, so they did what…

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.…

Revolution and the Reign of Terror By 1700s France was recognized as Europe’s most advanced country with foreign trade, large population, and raising culture. Even through everything seemed great unrest was rising between the three estates. This unrest in France’s society came from the poor conditions of the third estate, which was 97 percent of the population. The unfair conditions of the three estates lead to new-enlightened ideas, the French Revolution, and the Reign of Terror. Before the…

the idea of a more equal government too far. 1793 marks the beginning of the Reign of Terror, which includes the execution of outrageous numbers of innocent citizens and enemies. The question is: were these methods used to achieve a government full of liberty and equality justified? These methods were in fact not justified for multiple reasons. External Threats from Foreign countries in no way justify the Reign of Terror. It was a reasonable action for Austria and Prussia to form an alliance to…