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    created. Many different things progressed quickly and soon the first and second estates joined the third and created a constitution. After the Old government was gone‚ a Reign of Terror occurred and leaders from different countries started killing people‚ mostly peasants‚ which was 70% of the population. When the Reign of Terror ended‚ France gave the ropes to Napoleon Bonaparte to try and do what Louis XVI couldn’t do. The syrian conflict is a fight for the control over Syria and to get rid of its

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    vigilance against counter-revolutionaries and being the first working class group that incorporates a political stance and a social condition. Their peak of influence in 1792-1795 made them a popular social composition. Supporting the bloody ‘Reign of Terror’ the Sans Culottes become a crowd shifting with strength. 2. Why did the sans-culottes remain discontented after the 1789 revolutions? The Sans Culottes being the prominent losers of the first subtle revolution. Causing the middle class and

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    was “the madman of the Middle East”. He was from Tikrit‚ Iraq and He was born in Al-Awjac‚ Iraq‚ on April 28‚ 1937‚ and he died on December 30‚ 2006‚ Saddam Hussein was known for using terror against his own people of Iraq. His aweful reign has been known to all making as the “Reign of Terror”. The Reign of Terror was a long period of violence that happened right after the onset of the French Revolution. Saddam Hussein had gained international notoriety for torturing and killing thousands of

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    communal harmony. Attrocities are being committed in our country‚ day in and day out‚ in the name of caste‚ sect‚ community‚ social and economic differences and divergent political veiwpoints. Extremists and terrorists who have let loose the reign of terror in some parts of our country and have killed hundreds of innocent and peace-loving citizens‚ are being lionised as martyrs. It is our bounden duty‚ as patriotic citizens of our country‚ to fight tooth and nail against these anti-social elements

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    One of the most frightening events in history took place in France. Fittingly‚ the “Reign of Terror” was its name. Day after day‚ the people of France would be astonished at the all the deaths during this time period. Francois the terrible was the main leader of France at the time. Hideously‚ he was going to murder of all of the aristocrats. This was because after the revolution‚ no one wanted a wealthy and powerful person to rule with an iron fist. The extensive list of people he was going to execute

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    AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MAIN REVOLUNTIONARY GROUPS DURING THE REIGN OF TERROR 1793-1794. The period of the Reign of Terror‚ September 1793- July 1794‚ resulted in significant political and social changes in France. The National Convention and Committee of Public Safety declared the law of suspects‚ ‘terror’ measures as acceptable and a necessary means for the government. The purpose was to eradicate France of enemies of the revolution and to protect the country from foreign invaders. Over

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    Reign of Terror DBQ The “National Razor” or the Guillotine was used to kill many during the Reign of Terror. The Reign of Terror was the period during the French Revolution beginning in 1789 and ended in 1794. King Louis XVI was ruling France during this time. He was disliked by many while all of this was going on. Many people at home starved because of King Louis’ selfish decisions. Many people now ask‚ was the Reign of terror justified? This question has been out there for a while now

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    enemies‚ prominent French leader Robespierre enacted the Reign of Terror. Anyone suspected of aiding the enemy was swiftly put on trial and executed. (doc. G) The Reign of Terror was not justified because the threats to France externally and internally did not warrant the methods used. Those suspected of being spies or opposers of war during the French revolution were quickly tried and unjustly executed. Steven Otfinoski remarks in Triumph and Terror: The French Revolution “A careless word of criticism

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    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

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    events in Europe‚ but it also influenced events across the empire such as Haiti. During the French Revolution‚ there was a period known as the “Reign of Terror”. The Reign of Terror is pretty much exactly as the name sounds. The Reign of Terror was a period from September 5‚ 1793- July 28‚ 1794. It began after the execution of Louis XVI. The sole

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