The French Revolution
By: Daijon Weaver
About the French Revolution
The French Revolution started in 1787 and ended in 1799. France was governed by privileged groups and peasants were the small landholders who paid the taxes. The French Revolution started because the feudal regime was getting pretty bad, the peasants was getting better education and wanted to destroy the feudal system. The country’s economic and intellectual development was not in line with the social and political change. The higher the population got, the more demands for food and goods. The direct cause of the French Revolution was the chaos of the government finance. The French Revolution was influenced by Enlightment ideals. It ended when Napoleon Bonaparte became
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Bastille- a crowd of sansculottes rushed the center of Paris on July 14, 1789. The storming of the Bastille is now a holiday.
Civil Constitution of the Clergy- a document given by the National Assembly in July 1790 that broke the alliance with the Catholic Chruch and developed a church system.
Committee of Public Safety- the National Convention gave dictatorial powers in April 1793 to deal with the wars between France and Austria.
Constitution of 1791- established a constitutional monarchy, gave all the power to the legislative assembly.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen- the National Assembly published the document on August 26, 1789 gave all sovereignty to French people
Great Fear- between July and August 1789 where peasants revolted against feudal landlords and wreaked havoc in the French countryside
Reign of Terror- ten month period when the oppression and execution was occurring. Created by Maximilien Robespierre
The Storyline of the French Revolution
By Daijon Weaver
The Start of The French
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The massacre of hundreds of counterrevolutionaries had the Legislative Assembly replaced by the National Convention
King Louis XVI was sentenced to death for high treason and January 21, 1793, he was killed. His wife, Marie Antoinette was killed 9 months later
On September 5, 1973, the Reign of Terror started where a few men govern the country and wage war in crisis
It was started by Maximilien Robespierre, and during its 10 month period, 300,000 suspects were arrested, 17,000 sentenced to death and more died in prison.
The war entered its 4th phase of war in the spring of 1794.
Robespierre was executed on July, 27, 1794 and the Reign of Terror ended
The End of the French
The year was 1793 when the French began their journey through a dark time in their country’s history. After the National Convention established them as the French’s primary government, the National Convention once again tried to restore harmony within the peak of revolution and civil unrest. The French were faced with many difficult situations; the National Convention took upon a country trapped east and north of Prussian and Australian military presence, filled with economic chaos, and threatened by Navy of Great Britain. However, instead of uniting the people under times of terror, the French government executed a total number 14,000 people. The government's heartless behavior proved to be advantageous because the Revolutionary Army eliminated
The Reign of Terror began by the public beheading by guillotine of Louis XVI, This event took place on the 21st of January. As evidenced by Document F, An attendee says “The king’s blood flowed and cries of joy from eighty thousand armed men struck my ears. I saw people pass by arm in arm laughing and chatting familiarly as if they were at a festival.” (Document F.) This depicts the graphical display put on by the executioners. which is an example of the French government implementing fear tactics to rule over their people. Shortly after his wife Marie Antoinette was guillotined to death publicly. The Reign of Terror lasted 18 months. During this period a man named Maximilian Robespierre led the government. He executed a large number of people who he thought could be enemies or somewhat threats to his new fragile form of government. It was rumored that he had spies everywhere who would turn others in, just for not being enthusiastic about the revolutionaries form of government. also if an individual complained or made a comment pertaining negatively to life in France after the revolution they would be executed. His Reign of Terror not only focused upon the citizens of his country but it also focused upon specific groups. For example his Reign of Terror also focused upon the catholic church. The catholic church had been in power for a very long time, and had a very large influence on modern society and culture.
Robespierre created the Committee of Public Safety. Anyone who was considered enemy of the revolution had the tendency to be arrested, thousands of people died, the period from 5 September 1793 to 28 July 1794 was denominated Reign of Terror, the whole nation was mobilized for war, any invading army was defeated, the citizens started feeling increasingly insecure. The Jacobins did not accept any criticism; they were isolated from society, lost the support of the sans-culottes and attracted the rage of the bourgeoisie and the marsh. It was considered
The Reign of Terror, led by Robespierre, was a frightening period during the French Revolution that occurred to bring liberty, property, and equality to the citizens of France so they could live in peace within the government. The Reign of Terror began after the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 to late July 1794. Between those 18 long months, more than 20,000 french citizens were put to the death by the guillotine; a machine used for beheading people. The threats, methods, and ideals are the reasons for why the Reign of Terror was not justified.
In the French Revolution, Robespierre had begun ruling in July 1793. Historians call this time period the Reign of Terror. Textual evidence written by historians includes this, “Robespierre justified his use of terror by suggesting that it helped French citizens to remain true to the ideals of the Revolution” (Modern World History).
The Reign of Terror was a time period in the the 18th century when thousands and thousands of innocent people were killed for no apparent reason. In 1789 the French Revolution started because of the mass amount of people upset by France's monarchs. The king at the time, King Louis XVI, wasn’t doing a great job as the nation’s leader. France was in huge debt and King Louis was doing anything to fix the problem. As France became more and more in debt, the price of food was skyrocketing. The people of France started revolting which ultimately led to a new document being made allowing half of the male population to vote, and reducing power of the nobles and catholic church while also giving more power to the common people. A man by the name of Maximilien Robespierre wasn't happy about the new reform so he decided to help out during the revolution. Along with Robespierre, Austria and Prussia helped fight the war on France. Historians
What was this horrific “Reign of Terror” phase? The Reign of Terror was an execution process of those against the French Revolution, which was conducted by Maximilien Robespierre. This “terror” was acted upon all classes, including the peasants, Church, and nobles who rebelled. This phase was partly caused because of the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen; the “commoners” were given the power that was removed from the higher classes. They began to feel powerful and therefore felt the ability and strength to overthrow the monarchy.
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
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 was a period of violence that succeeded the beginning of the French Revolution; it was caused by conflict between two rival political parties, and tens of thousands were executed by guillotine on account of being ‘enemies of the revolution’. The French Revolution started with the storming of the Bastille, and since then the government had been in a state of constant turmoil. Civil war broke out in multiple regions and various foreign countries started attacking France on all sides; a man named Maximilien Robespierre, who belonged to a radical group known as the Jacobins, saw his chance and seized the government along with his fellow extremists. The Jacobins felt that “it was their duty to preserve the revolution, even if it meant violence and terror” which
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 French Revolution began in 1789 as an attempt, by the revolutionaries, to form a new government that would give the people more liberty, equality and value people’s rights. Between 1793 and 1794 the government used extreme ways to achieve their goals. This period of time, led by Robespierre, was called the reign of Terror because between 20,000-40,000 french people were killed by the government forces. The Reign of Terror was not justified for three reasons:The external and internal threat did not deserve it, they denied natural rights against people who opposed them and the methods of the Terror were too extreme.
The French Revolution spanned ten years and was a period of great change within France. The official beginning of the French Revolution was in May-August of 1789 when common citizens, upset with how the upper class was treated them, forced King Louis XVI (the king of France at the time) to sign the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen (the DoRoMaC). The DoRoMaC was a document that described exactly what rights the citizens wanted, such as freedom of speech and religion and innocence until proven guilty. Over the next four years, commoners lobbied for a democracy and, when King Louis XVI was executed in early 1793, a new governing body was formed called Committee of Public Safety., which was designed to subdue counterrevolutionaries. A man named Maximilien Robespierre was part of the Committee, and on September 5, 1793, he decided that the best way to keep France under control was fear. That day marks the start of the Reign of Terror.
In June of 1793, the Committee of Public safety began the Reign of Terror, which would not end until July of 1794. As a result of the Terror, over 14,000 people were killed by the use guillotines, firing squads, and drowning. A large majority of these deaths occured in the French Departments of Lore, Lyon, and Vendee (Document 1). In Paris, most of those executed were nobles and upper middle class citizens, while throughout the rest of France, the majority of those executed were peasants and working class citizens. (Document 2). Over 10,000 of the people executed committed hostile acts against the French State (Document 3). The Reign of Terror was a chaotic time period in which France was warring against Austria and Prussia and in deep financial troubles. The revolutionaries used the terror to their advantage, eliminating all of those who were in opposition. The terror, however, was disadvantageous to the revolutionaries because it caused more chaos and civil unrest throughout all of France.
France was experience a great amount of change in the summer of 1793, when the Jacobins succeeded the moderates in the National Convention. With the radical Jacobins in power, the country was in tumult, and a Reign of Terror ensued due to a law of suspects that legalized local revolutionary committees. Because of this, thousands of people were killed by guillotine or other methods. Throughout the summer of 1793, the radical Jacobins’ control of the Committee of Public Safety instituted the Terror which was advantageous in it’s intended purpose, yet it was disadvantageous because of the enemies it created.