The French Revolution In 1789 Overthrew The French Monarchy

The french revolution in 1789 overthrew the french monarchy. The revolution was lead by the enlightenment ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and by Robespierre who was the leader of the Reign of Terror. The reign of terror was not justified because the promised ideals of rights, liberty, and opinion of the revolution were lost in the reign of terror. Evidence supporting the idea of lost value is in the document Levee en Masse. One major critique of the monarchy by the third estate was that the people were forced into jobs where their opinion had no value. This was targeted by the enlightenment idea of equal opinion representation. The first line of this document demonstrates this idea. “Henceforth, until the enemies have been driven from the territory of the Republic, the French people are in permanent requisition for army service.” In this quote the Jacobins who were the leaders of the Revolution are ignoring the promised abolishment of previous control over the third estate. Specifically by forcing the people into the war the revolutionaries are ignoring the promise to freedom from the government and freedom to express opinions.
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The right to opinion is neglected in the introduction to the reign of terror document. “Robespierre justified his use of terror by suggesting that it helped French citizens to remain true to the ideals of the Revolution.. .” This is pure evidence that the region of terror is not justified because the use of terror goes against the ideals of rights, specifically the right to live. And terror also goes against the ideal of opinion without consequence of expression. And lastly Robespierre’s words go against the core ideal of liberty meaning that the government respects your views, and way of