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    The Reign of Terror began four years after the start of the French Revolution when Maximilien Robespierre took control of the government. The author argues that the Reign of Terror was unnecessary and took away many of the rights that the French people had fought for. It made their lives more fearful and difficult rather than improving them. The Reign of Terror instituted absolute power over tribunals, eliminated the right to appeal in courts, and punished criticism of the government with imprisonment or death. The author concludes that the Reign of Terror was unjustified and wrongful because it violated the natural rights that the French Revolution aimed to establish.

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    The Reign of Terror began four years after the start of the French Revolution when Maximilien Robespierre took control of the government. The author argues that the Reign of Terror was unnecessary and took away many of the rights that the French people had fought for. It made their lives more fearful and difficult rather than improving them. The Reign of Terror instituted absolute power over tribunals, eliminated the right to appeal in courts, and punished criticism of the government with imprisonment or death. The author concludes that the Reign of Terror was unjustified and wrongful because it violated the natural rights that the French Revolution aimed to establish.

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    The Reign of Terror began four years after the start of the French Revolution when Maximilien Robespierre took control of the government. The author argues that the Reign of Terror was unnecessary and took away many of the rights that the French people had fought for. It made their lives more fearful and difficult rather than improving them. The Reign of Terror instituted absolute power over tribunals, eliminated the right to appeal in courts, and punished criticism of the government with imprisonment or death. The author concludes that the Reign of Terror was unjustified and wrongful because it violated the natural rights that the French Revolution aimed to establish.

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    The Reign of Terror began four years after the start of the French Revolution when Maximilien Robespierre took control of the government. The author argues that the Reign of Terror was unnecessary and took away many of the rights that the French people had fought for. It made their lives more fearful and difficult rather than improving them. The Reign of Terror instituted absolute power over tribunals, eliminated the right to appeal in courts, and punished criticism of the government with imprisonment or death. The author concludes that the Reign of Terror was unjustified and wrongful because it violated the natural rights that the French Revolution aimed to establish.

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    The Reign of Terror

    The reign of terror came four years after the beginning of the French Revolution. when
    Maximilien Robespierre took over the government he began the reign of terror. I believe that the
    reign of terror was not necessary for the good of the French revolution. It was unnecessary for
    the improvement of the French people's lives, if anything it made their lives more difficult and
    fearsome of the government being run by Robespierre. They also took away many of the rights
    that the French people worked for. In the following paragraphs, I will explain why I think that
    this was unjustified.
    The Reign of Terror was unnecessary for the improvement of the french revolution.
    For example in document B (the timeline), before Maximilien Robespierre was appointed head
    of the civil service committee, the French revolution was making positive progress to achieving
    its goal of giving the people of France their “natural” rights. Then after he came to power he
    started removing rights from the people of France. In document D it stated, “... issue a decree
    whereby the criminal court of Niort judges this case as the last resort ... ” meaning that they
    would not allow an appeal even for a death sentencing because the local court has the last say. So
    the people being put on trial don’t have a chance to explain why or how they would or wouldn’t
    be guilty of the crimes they were charged for.
    The reign of terror also made the lives of the French more difficult. Because of all the
    new rules that went against their constitution, they were taking away rights The French just got
    for getting rid of the monarchy in document E it states “tribunal members could not be elected by
    the people, but appointed by the national convention and their power would be absolute.” The
    French people fought to be able to choose who would run parts of their government and this is
    taking away from all that they worked for, setting another obstacle in their way to “freedom”.
    The French people also lived in fear because they weren’t safe from the government “A careless
    word of criticism spoken against the government could put one in prison or worse.” they weren’t
    able to speak about how they felt about the government french people
    The reign of terror stopped the French people from having their rights and freedom that
    they worked for during the French revolution. They were taking away their right for speaking
    about how they feel about the government. They took away their rights to appeal their court case,
    they also took away their due process rights. The whole reason the French revolution was
    happening was to get their natural rights. Even Robespierre said that the whole goal of the war
    was to give people rights yet everything that the reign of terror was doing went against that
    The Reign of Terror

    statement from him. He also said that the role of the government was to protect the citizens but
    thousands were wrongfully imprisoned and put to death.
    In conclusion, I believe that the reign of terror was not justified and wrongful to the
    people of France, because they took away many of the rights that the french worked for during
    the revolution. The reign of terror was also not an important advancement to the revolution. The
    reign of terror was not necessary for the good of the French revolution. Lastly, it made the lives
    of the French people more fearsome of the government, it also did not improve their lives at all.
    These are the reasons why I think that the Reign of Terror was not justified.

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