Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror occured fifteen months after the onset of the french revolution. Many peoplehad died, such large numbers between 16,000 to 40,000. The terror was designed to fight the enemies of the revolution, to prevent counter-revolution from gaining gorund. Most of the people were families. A man can be forced to go to the guillotine for saying something critical towards the revolutionary government. Maximilien Robespierre was a man who took control of the government and tired to wipe out any trace of the old monarchy kings, queens , and jacks were removed out of playing cards. They were replaced with the faces of revolutionaries. He made his own calander by taking out the sundays of every week. He believed this was an old religion that shouldnt be carried out no more. Maximilien Robespierre ruled france like a dictator. He main rule was " The Reign of Terror". Almost everybody was executed by the government and no one was safe at the time. Soon enough Robespierre had sent queen Marie Antoinette to the reign of terror only because she stepped on the executer's foot. Eventually people grew tired of the reign of terror, so they organized a secret government to eliminate Robespierre. This was the last of him and the reign of terror.