With the great fear sweeping through France and the Revolution fully at hand many people were eventually put to death because of their opposition.
Your assignment:
1.) Identify who Maximilien Robespierre is.
2.) Summarize the quotation from Robespierre on page 660.
3.) What does the large number of executions among the urban poor and middle class suggest about support for the revolution?
Due: Sunday 12/14/08 by 11:59p.m.
Monday, December 8, 2008
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1) Maximilien Robespierre was one of many Jacobin leaders, set out to build a 'republic od virtue' by whipping out every trace of France's past.
ReplyDelete2) 'on the morals of political domestic property' means terror is nothing else than sswift, serve, indoniatable' justice; it flows, then from virtue.
3) The large number of executions in the middle class suggests that they didn't agree with everything in the revoultion or with what the king said, so they died.
Robespierre was one of the Jacobin leader who slowly gained power. He and his supporters set out to build a "republic of virtue" by wiping out every trace of France's past.
ReplyDeleteWhat the quote is saying is that people need to be lead with means of reason and the enemies of the people by terror.
They supported the revolution and the higher class was mad. The reason they supported it was because they waned equal rights so they wouldnt starve to death, or freeze, ect.
Maximilien Robespierre is a Jacobin leader that slowly gained power in France. He said that terror and virtue are both important in politics. The poor and middle class people supported the revolution and the higher class poeple didnt really like it so the they got mad and chopped their heads off.
ReplyDeleteMaximilien Robespierre was a jacobin leader in the early months of 1793.
ReplyDeleteTerror and virtue were both important in government.
They probably killed more people that opposed them then the people did supported them.
maximilien rodespierre was one of jacobin leaders. he and his supporters set out to build a republic of virtue by wiping out every trace of frances past.
ReplyDeletea leader should lead the people with virtue and lead his enemies with terror.
those in power did not want their powers to change and they knew if the peasants got what they wanted they would lose their power and the only ones trying to change the ways of france was mainly the middle class.
He was a jacobin who gained power over france in the early 1790's, as a dictator. He stated that if there wasn't a balance between virtue and terror there would be murder. There was no vitue only terror and the French didn't care who died as long as someone did.
ReplyDeleteHe is a jacobin who became a french ruler in the 1790's.
ReplyDeleteHe said that if there was not a balanced virtue and terrorr, it would end up with murder.
The people in the highest class didn't have to worry about getting executed.
Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin leader in the early months of 1793. He set out to build a republic of virtue. He was quoted as saying that to lead the people you need reason, but to lead the enemy you need terror. Its also says that there are different ways of terror. The support for the revolution was high in the poor and middle classes, but the gov. disliked this fact. Therefore people died by guillotine because he didn't like them.
ReplyDeleteMaximillien Robespierre, the Jacobins leader, slowly gained power. He set our to build a "republic of virtue." He tried to wipe out every trace of France's past.
ReplyDeleteThe government should lead their people with reason and understanding. But to the enemies, they should use terror and force to defeat them. In order to inflict justice, they have reason, and without virtue, the terror is without reason or cause.
The people who lost their lives were peasents or members of the urban class because they were the one who revolted against the government. The government didnt like what they were saying so they tried to get rid of them.
1 he is t jacobin leader
ReplyDelete2 he ruled bt terror
3 40,000 were executed during the terror
Maximilien Robespierre, a Jacoblin leader, became the leader of the Committee of Public Saftey.From 1793 to 1794, he ruled France like a dictator. He believed that virtue without terror is powerless. Terror is nothing else than swift, severe, indomitable justice. This basically means, that peace cannot happen without terror within ones country. Or governing must involve terror.
ReplyDeleteHe murdered them because they were less radical thatn himself, or they weren't for the revolution.
a jacobin leader, maximilien wanted to build a republic of virtue. he wanted to totally wipe paris's past clean. they re-did the calender, and made many other radical changes.
ReplyDeletethe quote talks about how he wanted to rule with power and logic. he felt that his logic was undeniable. he felt that the only way to rule was with virtue and terror.
anyone who apposed was excicuted to prove that the government wasn't going to just give in. they wanted to keep the power, so they had to be serious. killing people was a good way of showing that.
Maximilien was a Jacobin leader who set out to build a republic of virtue.He later became the leader of the Committee of Public Saftey and virtually ruled France as a dictator.
ReplyDeleteHe believes in ruling people with logic and using fear against his enemies.He wants to conquer those who oppose them with terror.
It suggests that the people taht were executed probably opposed him. The majority of that percentage was the Third Estate, the people that opposed him the most. The less percentage of deaths, the more that Estate probably supported him.
Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin leader that wanted to build a "republic of virtue" by clearing out France's past.
ReplyDeletePolitics ought to be to lead people by reason and enemies by terror. The basis of the government in time of revolution is both virtue and terror. Terror is swift, severe, and indomitable justice, which then flows to virtue.
That many of the urban poor and middle class didn't approve of what Robespierre was doing so he just decided to kill them.
1) Maximilien Robespierre is a jacobin leader in 1793. He set out to build a republic of virtue by wiping out every trace of Frances past.
ReplyDelete2) The politics need to be lead people bye means and the enemies of the people by terror.
3) The poor supported the gillotine so all the kings got there heads cut off. There were more poor people then middle class.
Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin leader and slowly started to gain power in the early months of 1793.
ReplyDeleteLead the people by means of reasons and the enemies of the people by terror. Terror flows from virtue.
That it wasnt supported all that much.
1.)Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born in Arras on 6 May 1758, the son of a lawyer. He was educated in Paris and entered the same profession as his father. He was elected a deputy of the Estates-General (a form of parliament, but without real power) that met in May 1789, and subsequently served in the National Constituent Assembly.
ReplyDeleteRobespierre became increasingly popular for his attacks on the monarchy and his advocacy of democratic reforms. In April 1790, was elected president of the powerful Jacobin political club. After the downfall of the monarchy in August 1792, Robespierre was elected first deputy for Paris to the National Convention. The convention abolished the monarchy, declared France a republic and put the king on trial for treason, all measures strongly supported by Robespierre. The king was executed in January 1793.
2.) They need to deal with the people with reason, and their enemies by terror. That in times of reason virtue wihout terror is murderous, terror without which virtue is powerless. Also that terror is nothing but justice that flows from virtue.
3.) It suggests that the urban poor and the middle class supported the revolution so, the upper class and the king that did not want a revolution could not find a way to stop the immense ammount of people so the only thing they could do to stop them is kill them.
1.)Jacobin’s leaders, he set out to build a “republic of virtue” by wiping out every trace of France’s past. Robespierre became leader of the Committee of Public Safety. Robespierre governed France virtually as a dictator and the period of his rule became known as the Reign fo Terror.
ReplyDelete2.)Virtue without which terror is murderous, terror without which virtue is powerless. Terror is nothing else than swift, severe, indomitable justice; it flows, then, from virtue.
3.)The revolutionary government of France made reforms but also used terror and violence to retain power.
Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin leader who slowly gained power. He and supporters set out to build a “republic of virtue” by wiping out every trace of France’s past. In July 1793, he became leader of the Committee of Public Safety. For the next year, he governed France virtually as a dictator, and the period of his rule became known as the Reign of Terror.
ReplyDeleteRobespierre is saying that the politics should be lead by people who know what they are doing and how to run a country. While he says that people who are terrified are the enemies. And that we need virtue in the government so that if a war comes, they’ll be ready.
It suggests that people thought that the higher class people were innocent more and that they would benefit it more to the country than the lower classes.
Maximilien Robespierre became a leader of the Committee of Public Safety, he governed France as a dictator. He says terror is nothing else then swift, severe, indomitable, justice, it flows from virtue. The lower classes were the ones who got killed because they were the ones who argued the most.
ReplyDeleteMaximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin leader who slowly gained power. Such as becoming the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. The period of his rule became known as the Reign of terror. He justified his use of terror by suggesting that it enabled French citizens to remain true to he ideals of the Revolution. He saw a connection between virtue and terror.
ReplyDeleteRobespierre was saying that terror is the most powerful thing to rule people. Virture comes before terror, terror still plays a strong part.
The large number of executions were among the urban poor and the peasants because they were revolting against the upperclassmen. They felt threatened so they beheaded them
1) Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin leader. He was a leaderof the Comittee of Public Safty.
ReplyDelete2) Terror is nothing else than swift, severe, indomitable justice; it flows, then, from virtue.
3) It means the revolution is coming soon and that the people have no power in the government.
1.) Maximilien Robespierreereee became a leader of the comittee of public safety.
ReplyDelete2.) He think that the government should rule by terror.
3.) Because they were agianst the revolution.
maximilien robespirre was a jacobsin leader that gained power in france. he believed terror and virture were important.
ReplyDeletehe means that you need terror to lead enemys and virtue to lead conpaninons.
it suggests that they did not support the reveloution.
1.) Maximilien Robespierre- is one of the best-known figures of the French Revolution. He was an influential member of the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror that ended with his arrest and execution in 1794.
ReplyDelete2.) terror, is nothing else then swift,indomitable,justice and it flows, then, from virtue.
3.) There were more poor people then middle class.