Reign of Terror
- After the French Revolution, the Kings and the nobles had lost their power. The Third Estate now had the control over the country. The National Assembly set up a limited monarchy for King Louis XVI. The people of France were still looking for a person to run the country. Groups were appearing trying to run the country, the most famous was the Jacobins. They tried to executed anyone they thought opposed them. They used the guillotine to cut off the heads of the people who were connected with the Old Regime. They ruled with an iron fist and it more of a dictatorship than a democratic government. The Jacobins even executed the King and the Queen by accusing them of treason.
Robespierre
- After the French Revolution, the Kings and the nobles had lost their power. The Third Estate now had the control over the country. The National Assembly set up a limited monarchy for King Louis XVI. The people of France were still looking for a person to run the country. Groups were appearing trying to run the country, the most famous was the Jacobins. They tried to executed anyone they thought opposed them. They used the guillotine to cut off the heads of the people who were connected with the Old Regime. They ruled with an iron fist and it more of a dictatorship than a democratic government. The Jacobins even executed the King and the Queen by accusing them of treason.
Robespierre
- Maximilien Robespierre came to power and changed the government of France forever. He was very paranoid and during his reign. He was afraid of conspires against him. He was more a dictator than a ruler. Robespierre like the Jacobins used the guillotine against his enemies. He wanted to get rid of every trace of the monarchy by taking away the faces of the King and Queen in playing cards, changed the names of the months, and took away Sundays. He allowed the closing of the church because the radicals thought that religion was a thing of the past. The people of France were terrified and they distrusted each other and no one was safe from the guillotine.
"Robespierre with his cruel moral relativism, embodied with all the cardinal sin of all the revolution, the heartlessness of ideas."-Paul Johnson. In July 1794, the National Convention began to see that if they did not stop Robespierre they would be targeted.Within the government a conspiracy formed the leader. Finally on July 28, 1979 he was led to the guillotine. The Reign of Terror had ended.
"Robespierre with his cruel moral relativism, embodied with all the cardinal sin of all the revolution, the heartlessness of ideas."-Paul Johnson. In July 1794, the National Convention began to see that if they did not stop Robespierre they would be targeted.Within the government a conspiracy formed the leader. Finally on July 28, 1979 he was led to the guillotine. The Reign of Terror had ended.
No comments:
Post a Comment