tensions in France‚ which allowed the violence to escalate out of hand and cause the period know as “the terror” and give the opportunity for new leaders to rise up and take the country under control‚ Leaders such as Maximilien Robespierre‚ “the incorruptible”. Robespierre was the most influential member of the Committee as he was a big public speaker. He was also
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Maximilien Robespierre. Robespierre was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror. He was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ the executive committee of the National Convention‚ and the most powerful man in France (“History Wiz”). To avert the possibility of a counter-revolution‚ the guards would send people to the guillotines with no remorse. Evidence was rarely needed to prove that the citizen was against the revolution; suspicion was enough to classify someone as the enemy. Robespierre prospered
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Maximilien François Marie Isidore Robespierre (IPA: [ma.ksi.mi.ljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi i.zi.dɔʁ də ʁɔ.bɛs.pjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and politician‚ and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Estates-General‚ the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club (Jacobin leader during the Reign of Terror)‚ he advocated against the death penalty and for the abolition of slavery‚ while supporting equality of rights‚ universal
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Cromwell and Robespierre: Revolutionaries or Madmen Two leaders that wanted to do what was right for their country‚ unfortunately both leaders became corrupt with power. Cromwell and Robespierre saw their country’s falling apart by the reigning monarchy‚ they decide to start a revolution that changes England and France. Cromwell and Robespierre demonstrates their corruption through authority‚ beliefs‚ and religion. First‚ both Cromwell and Robespierre had true heroic intention when the revolution’s
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trapdoors for bottoms and to sink them in the Loire River. There are many groups who participated in the French Revolution. Robespierre was a famous person where he decides who shall get executed. The first and second estate hated Robespierre. Robespierre gave speeches where the revolutionary were interested and liked what he was saying. The new leader of the Jacobins was Robespierre under whom the Committee of Public Safety was established. The Sans Culottes were workman‚ who fought for survival. They
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retain power. WHY IT MATTERS NOW Some governments that lack the support of a majority of their people still use fear to control their citizens. TERMS & NAMES • Legislative Assembly • émigré • sans-culotte • Jacobin • guillotine • Maximilien Robespierre • Reign of Terror SETTING THE STAGE Peasants were not the only members of French society to feel the Great Fear. Nobles and officers of the Church were equally afraid. Throughout France‚ bands of angry peasants struck out against members of
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Lecture 13 The French Revolution: The Radical Stage‚ 1792-1794 The proof necessary to convict the enemies of the people is every kind of evidence‚ either material or moral or verbal or written. . . . Every citizen has the right to seize conspirators and counter-revolutionaries and to arraign them before magistrates. He is required to denounce them when he knows of them. Law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10‚ 1794) Inflamed by their poverty and hatred of wealth‚ the SANS-CULOTTES insisted that it was
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Maximilien Robespierre was a man with humble beginnings. Growing up in Arras‚ a small town in Northern France‚ Robespierre developed into the strong and prominent figure he grew up to be. Robespierre’s parents were not in the picture for the large majority of his rise to power. His father was a lawyer and his occupation influenced Robespierre to head down the same career path; Robespierre moved to Paris and received a degree in law from Lycée Louis-le-Grand. His rise to political success began with
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In A Tale of Two Cities‚ a minor character keeps his real name a secret to protect himself from being singled out from the mob. He is part of the Jacquerie‚ the driving force behind the overthrow of the French government and the Reign of Terror. Known only as Jacques Three‚ he symbolizes the devouring spirit of the revolution. Jacques Three is not described in detail until II/15‚ when he is present as the wood-sawyer tells the story of Gaspard’s execution. He is pictured with hands at his mouth
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the leader of the Committee of Public Safety‚ Max Robespierre‚ abused his use of the guillotine. He took his power too far and people like him became‚ “crazed for bloody justice” (The Guillotine Project paper‚ front). Because of him‚ “around 50‚000 were killed‚ many of whom lost their heads to the guillotine” (faculty.fullerton.edu/nfitch/history110b/rev.html). Some of these people broke laws but many were just people who didn’t agree with Robespierre or were against the revolution (counter revolutionaries)
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