Title: How Does Robespierre Justify the Use of Terror? Would Some People Still Agree with His Ideas? Essay - 678 Words
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How Does Robespierre Justify the Use of Terror? Would Some People Still Agree with His Ideas?
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Content: Footnote] Throughout the French revolution, specifically the eleven month, 1793-1794 Reign of Terror, revolutionary leaders, such as Maximilien Robespierre believed in enforcing fear to resolve the instability of France. “ Terror is nothing else than swift, severe, indomitable justice; it flows, then, from virtue”-Maximilien Robespierre . [ Footnote] This period in history signified great atrocities of massacres, and a time where fear was evoked within every French civilian. The National Convention of France was a great factor in encouraging the start of the Reign of Terror; they continued on to have dictatorial power for three years (during and after the Reign). [ Footnote] The Convention was composed of revolutionaries including: Maximilien Robespierre (leader), George Danton, Jean-Paul Marat, and about 745 others. They began by abolishing the French monarchy, later ordering the execution of King Louis XVI. [ Footnote] The king’s execution was a major incident that signified what was ahead in France’s rebellion, the reign itself.