relief, unrestricted freedom of the press, the right to assemble in groups, and the enjoyment of all the rights of man. The French Republic respects loyalty, courage, the elderly, filial piety, and misfortune. It entrusts its Constitution to the care of all the virtues. The Declaration of Rights and the Constitutional Act shall be engraved on tablets and placed in the midst of the Legislative Body and in public places” (Constitution of 1793). The monarchy was the opposite of what the new government was, and this changed proved to be better of the people as a whole. When being ruled by someone that could care less about your general health, it is time for a change. King Louis, ironically, supported a system that eventually turned on him in the …show more content…
The guillotine was a public statement to all members of the royal class that inequality will no longer be tolerated. This is also where the phrase ‘Heads will roll’ come from, it describes what happens when the guillotine meets your neck for the first time.“First the royalists were beheaded, next the moderate girondists, and by then the violence and suspicion was totally out of hand as the revolution devoured itself. In my opinion, after they started beheading the moderate Girondists it was only a matter of time before everyone else went to the guillotine” (The French Revolution). The use of the guillotine and the ruthless commoners were what many the French Revolution known for it’s blood and gore. As long as someone suspected that you were working for the King, you were instantly tried and sent to be beheaded. It was used to as a weapon of mass mental manipulation, all of the royalists went into hiding. They had to meet in secret, but slowly their numbers dwindled when the threat became a reality. “Wordsworth came to suffer the disillusion of young revolutionaries in all ages who discover that in shedding an ocean of blood they have more often than not done more harm than good” (The French Revolution).This weapon was efficient as long as the blade was kept sharp, it also have more of and effective on people than the traditional