War and Terrorism -M3-10
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War and Terrorism - POLS-223-DWA
Module 3
Discussion Topic
Let's dive in.
There are two components to this activity. Making specific reference to this week’s
readings, you are first asked to create an original post responding to the questions
found below. Next, I kindly ask that you respond to one of your peers in a separate
post.
Questions
1.
What was the French Revolution and which condition do you personally think
was the most important in allowing it to come about?
2.
In your opinion, what was the most shocking example of violence during the
French Revolution?
3.
Was your chosen example a reflection of political violence, and was it
necessary? Define political violence before answering this question.
4.
What is the connection between the French Revolution and "terrorism"?
Boring (but important!) details...
Your original post should be at minimum 8 - 10 sentences in length, using proper
sentence and paragraph structure. Your original post should contain everything that
is being asked of you in these instructions. I encourage you to use subtitles to
separate your content as this will make your answers more organized. Incorporate
theoretical and empirical details drawn from readings and learning materials to
support your ideas. You can use outside sources if you want (it is not a requirement),
but you must first use the course materials, and the outside sources can only be
scholarly books or peer-reviewed journal articles drawn from the Humber Libraries
website:
https://library.humber.ca/
. Finally, please make sure that you use APA to
reference all of the sources you use. For a guide as to how to use APA, please click
here:
https://library.humber.ca/APA-MLA
. Don't forget to have both in-text and end-of-
text citations. Here is the template:
Answer
1.
The French Revolution was a revolution to disempower the French Monarchy (“The
Age of Revolution”, Golovnev, n.d, para. 1). The French ruling system was based on a
system that started in the Middle Ages called the ancient regime (“The Age of
Revolution”, Golovnev, n.d, para. 2). When all the three estates came together, the
two upper class estates didn’t want to lose their privileges, although the third estate
representing 98% of the French population, they got an equal vote to the other estates,
which led to the third state breaking off and starting the “Assemblée Nationale” to
draft a new constitution with or without the other estates [ CITATION Tom17 \l
1033 ]. With the taxations from the third estate having to pay towards the other 2
estates, it revolutionized into militia groups, and the French revolution was amidst
France [ CITATION Tom17 \l 1033 ]. I believe that the Taxations, and ridiculous
Middle Ages laws were what really set the flame to the French Revolution. When you
start effecting the majorities way of living, often going into poverty, it brings a fight
or flight attitude to the table, and taking away the right of an equal, and fair country
for everyone set the flame and chaos to last a good while.
2.
In my opinion, the most shocking level of violence shown within the French
Revolution ran from 1793-1794, best known as the Reign of Terror. Over 20,000
people During the Reign of Terror led by Maximilien Robespierre, over 20,000 people
were executed [ CITATION Tom17 \l 1033 ]. Most of the people executed were
suspected to be against the revolution (“The Age of Revolution”, Golovnev, n.d, para.
7). What I find crazy about this situation during the French Revolution is that they are
fighting to have the equal right, a say in what the laws are created for, and overall a
better living environment for France for the Lower class (Third Estate), but what we
see during this Reign of Terror is quite the opposite. During this period, it seems
mental as now they are executing anyone who they believe to be against the
revolution. Those civilians may be against the extreme violence and the extreme
brutality of destroying everything around them but they are with the revolution on the
terms of a change in Monarchy and to build a stable, reliable, and equal right to have
a say on how the country is ran. With this insane mass murder, or in other words a
genocide of the French people just made it into a snowball effect and massed into a
much bigger problem over all. I understand both sides of the coin, but its still
extremely mental on how they dealt with this very situation.
3.
Political Violence is pretty much explained as the use of violence/the threat of
violence in terms to reach their political goals (“Perspectives on Political Violence”,
NEstudio, n.d, para. 2). There are typically three types of Political violence stated as
Terrorism, Genocide, and War (“Perspectives of Political Violence”, NEstudio, n.d,
para. 2). My example may be a great reflection on political violence as it proposes
Genocide, and Terrorism into the French Revolution. The genocide of the French
Revolution comes from the mass murder of over 20,000 people during the Reign of
Terror. The genocide was based on executing anyone who didn’t support or with the
Revolution and anyone against it. According to “The Age of Revolution” (Golovnev,
n.d, para. 7) the term “Terrorism” originates from this very time period of the French
Revolution. While on the topic of terrorism it is as well imbedded into the French
Revolution with the state-sponsored terror brought upon the French population (“The
Age of Revolution”, Golovnev, n.d, para. 7).
4.
The connection between the French Revolution and Terrorism is that the term
“Terrorism” originated from the French Revolution during the time of the Reign of
Terror when the party called the “Jacobins”, led by Maximilien Robespierre decided
to rule France by terror (“The Age of Revolution”, Golovnev, n.d, para. 7). During
this very time over 20,000 French were executed on suspicion of being against the
revolution (“The Age of Revolution”, Golovnev, n.d, para. 7). The party used State-
Terror to have people join their cause/obey, or become a victim of execution if
opposed or against the revolution.
Bibliography
Golovnev, S. (n.d). The Age of Revolution.
NEstudio, S. (n.d). Perspectives of Political Violence.
Tom Mullaney. (2017).
What caused the French Revolution? - Tom Mullaney
. Retrieved from
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBn7iWzrKoI
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