Reign Of Terror Dbq

The three words of the french Revolution were liberty, equality, and fraternity. was the Reign of Terror Justified? The Reign of Terror was not justified because of human rights, internal threats, and external threats.

In the “Old Regime and the French Revolution,” by Alexis de Tocqueville, he detailed the ways in which the French nation was corrupt and how these led to the chaos of the French Revolution. Among the causes Alexis de Tocqueville listed, the feudal system’s corruption was the root of the French revolution’s turmoil. This feudal system was certain to lead to a revolution because of the anger it was creating among the peasants. In a document written by Abbe Sieyes, “What is the Third Estate,” it is revealed that the peasants were being exploited, as they were doing all of the work for the nation, while receiving nothing in return from their nobles who had promised to protect them but weren't, and still obtained all of the power. The citizens of the third estate, including the peasants realized that this system was unjust and began the anarchic French revolution.

1). The First and Second Estates held all the power and the third estate was forced to pay for everything, which caused them to be very angry and have detestation towards the higher Estates, this outraged caused the Third Estate to rebel which was one of the causes of the French Revolution.

The Reign of Terror started in 1789 and was a time when supporters of the French Revolution ran wild and started killing non-supporters or counterrevolutionaries. The French held a ceremony if you will, in Paris for the execution of King Louis XVI on January 21, 1793. This was because Louis was having financial, and harvest issues. In June of 1789 King Louis called the Estates Meeting to discuss taxes and money problems. Then some men disliked what Louis was talking about so they stormed out and filed into a tennis court, and vowed not to leave until they created a new constitution. On August 26 “The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen” was signed and put into action. Not everyone was in

The Reign of Terror was a period in time when about 16,000 people were executed for being seen as a threat towards the revolution. The Reign of Terror was implemented as a way to “protect the public safety,” from external and internal enemies. The Reign of Terror was first established when “Committee of Public Safety” was tasked to protect the citizens. The “Committee of Public Safety” needed a way to protect the people from external and internal conflicts, which is why they created the Reign of Terror which meant that they could guillotine anyone whom they seemed to pose a threat towards the revolution. Later on the “Committee of Public Safety” established a shadowy network of spies to achieve the ends of protecting the

figure, Marat (doctor and journalist) was murdered in his bath. The Jacobins knew that the revolution could only be saved if they had popular support; therefore they created plenty of social laws.

There was no justice to these violent acts of terror in France. The Reign of Terror started in 1749, which was started by the mean and disrespectful Robespierre. During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre was assisted by the Jacobins to torture and torment the weak and useless like the counter-revolutionaries. The Reign of Terror was not justified because of the discrimination against, the high number of executions, and the loss of natural rights.

The Reign of Terror. During the French Revolution and the reign of King Louis XVI, was what happened necessary? Did it work? Was it justified? Was it really necessary to kill 40,000+ people, just to decide what government a country shall hold?

During the French Revolution, the revolutionaries wanted to make a new government that would give the citizens more freedom, liberty, and equality. The Reign of Terror, led by Robespierre, was a period of the French Revolution during which many people were ruthlessly executed by the new government. This period of murder and blood shed started from the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 to late July 1794 called the Reign of Terror. During those eighteen months, more than 20,000 French people were put to death by guillotine. The behavior by the revolutionaries in the French government was not justified for these three reasons: internal and external threats were not serious, the manipulation of the Committee of Public Safety and Maximilien Robespierre wasn’t for the benefit of the all the French citizen, and the uses of the death machine, the guillotine, was inhumane.

During the Reign of Terror, thousands of people were brutally executed for even thinking against the revolution. This all started when King Louis XVI had to share his power and to stop ruling everybody in France. This sparked chaos and France was hurt from the outside and the inside. The Committee of Public Safety saw that a solution would be to kill all the counterrevolutionaries. There was a reason behind the killings, however these deaths are not justified. People should not be persecuted for their beliefs, consequently the Rain of Terror was illogical. This can be seen when discussing the Committee of Public Safety‘s original intentions, the internal effects and the situation France was in.

King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette were two people that should not have been ruling a country. King Louis was always gone on hunting trips and Marie Antionette spent every dime of French money. Once the Monarchy ran out money, they started to tax the Third, and poorest, estate. The third estate took up 97% of the population. 97% of the population was starving and the royal family kept spending large amounts of money until the people revolted. The people of France tried to reason with King Louis, but he refused to change his ways and kept taxing the third estate. When the people revolted, they stormed the Bastille and took all of the weapons they could. The people then went to the King’s palace and demanded he fix the way he was ruling before they killed him. The King didn’t listen and was executed along with his wife. Of the three kids that Marie Antionette had, the two boys died of Tuberculosis in jail and the daughter was sent to live the remainder of her life in exile in Austria. It may seem as though the people of France had successfully overgrown their monarchy and could begin a life of freedom, however this is not the case. The French had rushed into combat too fast and did not have a plan for what to do after they had killed their rulers. The right of Terror begins where Maximilian Robespierre beheads 40,000 people in the span of ten months for speaking against the revolution. In the end, Robespierre ends up getting

Liberté, Egalité, and Fraternité were the main principles of the French revolution. However, it was a time where these three ideals would be twisted into nothing more than moral and physical violence. The revolution was ultimately a failure which spun out of control and began to murder itself. The French wanted Freedom from its absolutist ruler, but in turn saw themselves being governed by the devil. These citizens wanted a sense of brotherhood amongst their country, but saw their nation being torn apart by violence. Furthermore, the third estate sought to benefit from a new government that promised equality; however, the result was a further imbalance in an already corrupt society. Ironically, the gruesome reign of terror which was

In the late 18th century of France, the third estate made up of the lower class of France had been oppressed and overtaxed, and received very little representation at the Estates General. The commoners of France wanted change and equality throughout France so they separated from the Estates General and formed their own government to govern France. A few years later in 1792, Maximilian Robespierre, the radical leader of the Jacobin party and the Committee of Public Safety, took control of France and executed king Louis XVI. Robespierre had a vision of a new France where everyone was equal. In order to reach his goal of completely reconstructing France, Robespierre unleashed a campaign of terror. Terror was used to enforce his

“Its authority came from the consent of the governed. The revolutionaries were less interested in redressing socio-economic injustices. Were these revolutionaries interested in ending socio-economic miseries of the masses and class exploitation? That was not the primary goal of the bourgeois revolutionaries. The bourgeoisie themselves were property holders themselves and they were not into attacking what Jean -Jacques Rousseau identified as the origins of all human conflict, misery, and suffering which is private property. In order to address this issue, the French Revolution had to turn shockingly violent in the summer of 1792 entering the second phase, or terror

Before we analyze what factor most influenced the start of the French Revolution, it must be acknowledged that although many factors had a role in the outbreak of the Revolution, not all factors were equally responsible. I believe that the political and social discrepancies within the country of France were the most significant element in leading up to the French Revolution. As explained before, many historians believe that the French Revolution was a result of the tensions felt within the Third Estate. This emphasis on a singular group in France’s political system limits one’s ability to fully analyze the tensions of the time. Instead, by taking place during a period of Enlightenment, the time of the French Revolution was a dynamic point in European History. Many accredit this enlightening as being what allowed the French commoners to evolve from being obedient laborers of the state to leaders of a countrywide revolt. However, regardless of what infused a sense of revolution in France’s societally-recognized lesser class, without general stratification of the country and the conditions that bred inequality, the newfound furor to revolt would not have sparked any interest. Others magnify the situation even moreso than looking at just the First or Second or Third Estate and look directly at the rule of Louis XVI as being the determining factor in the Revolution. Although the king ruled over France and held the most power, and even though