Research Paper On The Reign Of Terror
Reign Of Terror
The crimes people were kill for were ridiculous. A simple cry for your husband’s death could get you the punishment of having to sit for hours under the blade which shed upon you the blood of your husband, then you would be killed yourself. Mass numbers of people were killed, over 2,500 people in Paris alone. Tens of thousands in other cities and town throughout France. Robespierre and his cohorts initiated the “Reign of Terror”, which lasted just less than a year. This was the worst part of the revolution, too many innocent people died, this is why they (Louis and Marie) were guillotined and were the last official King and Queen of France. A king and Queen had never in history ever been guillotined by their own people. The
The crimes people were kill for were ridiculous. A simple cry for your husband’s death could get you the punishment of having to sit for hours under the blade which shed upon you the blood of your husband, then you would be killed yourself. Mass numbers of people were killed, over 2,500 people in Paris alone. Tens of thousands in other cities and town throughout France. Robespierre and his cohorts initiated the “Reign of Terror”, which lasted just less than a year. This was the worst part of the revolution, too many innocent people died, this is why they (Louis and Marie) were guillotined and were the last official King and Queen of France. A king and Queen had never in history ever been guillotined by their own people. The