Reign of Terror Essay

Adolf Hitler 's reign of terror was known in every country around the world during World War II. With his powerful speeches and charismatic personality he was able to rise to power very quickly in Nazi Germany, however no one knew this man would soon start another world war. Up to 1941, Hitler and Nazi army enjoyed a string of military successes, conquering most of Eastern Europe. During this time, Germany had always seen Russia as their main enemy because they were afraid of the Russians trying…

Starting off with the bottom class individuals. I would prefer to be in the French revolution if I was part of the lower class. Although famine, taxes, and inflation were negative externalities of the Revolution, I feel the formation of the new form of government from Third Estate was a history changing revolution to be a part of. They created a document that reflected the rights of every individual, not just the nobility. They earned their freedom and as Locke said, “the government’s purpose…

the terror in France was growing bigger in fear every day that passed. During this time, any individual who broke the laws was suspected of opposing the rules, they were arrested and executed on the guillotine, without trial in most cases. During this period, more than 16 thousand people died from charges and suspects against the revolution. However, Robespierre and his followers were overpowered by their opponents in the Convention, whom Robespierre accused of traitors earlier in his reign on…

Maximilien Robespierre led the committee of public safety. Robespierre was a lawyer who was opposed to the monarchy. Robespierre was the force behind the reign of terror, a period of brutality in France that lasted from June 1793 to July 1794. Anyone with privileges or wealth was at risk of being killed. Families were swept from their homes and executed by furious crowds of French peasants, who were tired of poverty…

“The Terror” or the “Reign of Terror”, as it is sometimes known, was an event that started on the 6th of September 1793 and lasted until the 28th July, 1794. It can be considered to be the first example of modern industrialised killing through the wide spread use of the guillotine…

a system or regime of terror’ and ‘Terrorist as an agent or partisan of the Terror that arose through abuse of revolutionary measures ’. Edmund Burke, British politician and philosopher, published in 1796 Letters on a Regicide Peace in which he used the word ‘terrorist’. It marks the first time that the word entered the English language. Consequently, the repressive system of Robespierre introduces into the political vocabulary a new form of government, a new form of terror. Although the French…

For week 6 discussion we were asked to read “The Grievances of Carcassonne”, “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”, “Virtue and Terror’: Speech to the Convention (February 5, 1794)”, “On the Realities of Power (1796)” and “The Only Salvation Lies in Hereditary Power’ (December 1804)”. During this time in class we were focusing on revolutions, such as the French Revolution and the reasons that caused the revolution. People were unhappy with their monarchy, there was a financial…

The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that was exacted upon enemies of the French revolution. During this time, Napoleon was promoted to brigadier general in the army, but when Robespierre fell from his seat of power in 1797 Napoleon was briefly placed under…

Considered to be the father of the terror, Robespierre found Olympe De Gouge’s attempt to free women as an act of defiance. As such, Robespierre ordered her execution. Robespierre’s reason for eliminating Gouges is made clear in Europe and Making of Modernity, Where Robespierre emphasizes…

It became part of the phrase “terror cimbricus.” (AUTHOR) Many events which occurred in our history, were or may be named, as terrorism. One of that event, worldly proclamed terrorism , was the behavior of the self proclamed initiator of French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre. It's exactly in relation with French revolution's “Reign of Terror” instaured by Robespierre, that a lot of people have a habit of considering this word to have…