French+Revolution+-+The+Reign+of+Terror

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Phillip Lawrence Phillipballer32@yahoo.com [] []Grebenstein--WillGreb@verizon.net · Reign of Terror- June 1793 – July 27 1794 · Period of violence that occurred for one year and two months after the onset of the French revolution. · Started in result of conflict between Moderate Girondins and Radical Jacobins--The Reign of Terror was also caused by the evolution of the French Revolution. The foreign attacks and counter revolutions further enhanced the French's protection of liberty and equality, caused great conspiracy and suspicion within the nation and the development of radical and extreme political groups of Frenchmen. · People killed include- Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Louis Philippe II, Madame Roland, and Antoine Lavoisier. · During 1794, revolutionary France was beset with real or imagined conspiracies by internal and foreign enemies. · Jacobins, led by Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Jaques Danton, and Jean Paul Marat · The Jacobins arrested the Girondin leaders in June 1793, and control of the country was passed to the infamous Committee of Public Safety, which was headed by Robespierre, Lazare Carnot, and Bertrand Barere. · The committee announced a policy of terror against all those seen as rebels or opponents of the revolution, supporters of the king, and Girondin sympathizers. · 16,000 to 40,000 people were killed · Guillotine became symbol of the onslaught, over 18,000 killed on guillotine For a time, executions by guillotine were a popular entertainment that attracted great crowds of spectators. Vendors would sell programs listing the names of those scheduled to die.~
 * Began after the death of Louis XVI in 1793
 * The Reign of Terror was designed to fight the enimies of the Revolution,and to prevent counter-reformation from gaining ground.
 * Maximilien Robespirre was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror
 * Price and wage maximumswere unevenly inforced
 * The acceptance of the inflated paper currency were made mandentory
 * A great number of people were arrested
 * Thousands of people were execute

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 * The French Revolutionaries over threw the French government which, at the time, was very corrupt and unjust.
 * After this, however, they lost control
 * Aristocrats were executed
 * The Revolutionaries turned on each other
 * During this Reign of Terror the French government ruled by fear
 * About $40,000 people were killed during this time
 * They used guillotines to execute the people
 * Since this was such an efficient way to kill people, 100s were dying everyday
 * The creator of the Reign of Terror was Robespierre.
 * He was captured by his opponents and beheaded in 1794 which marked the beginning to the end of the R.O.T.
 * In 1794 there were many riots and uprisings.
 * At this point a soldier named Napoleon Bonaparte came to power and restored the order
 * Power was held by a five man group called the Directory
 * By 1799 Napoleon gains full power of France
 * During the revolution the Committee of Public Safety was in power which was led by Robespierre, Georges Danton, and Jean Marat
 * attempts were made to destroy the Catholic church
 * Church was to be replaced by ‘Cult of the Supreme Being’
 * The Committee attempted to changed the calender based on the year Jesus birth\
 * They changed the calender and the fist year was year I. They changed the month and week system to a 10-day week system and the months weere named after the weather . Every week had one rest day and any holy day on nornal calendars were erased.

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