Reign Of Terror Justified Dbq

Is it possible for people to be free when they're getting killed before they do. The Reign of Terror lasted less than two years,from the execution of Louis XVI in 1793 to late 1794. During those eighteen months, more than 20,000 French people died from being cut by the guillotine. The question is if the actions of the french government for the span of 18 months were justified or not justified. The reign of terror was not justified. this claim can be supported by three reasons: ideas, methods, and conflict or threats

According to doc A, the constitution made people have freedom and made people equal. while this is good on the surface, when the people given the freedom is kill then the constitution means nothing. Another idea that was created

According to document F, "Historians estimate that 16,000 people were guillotined during the Reign of Terror." This shows that during the reign of terror that lots of people died by being guillotined but the people who had a reason to guillotine were but the other probably died for no reason. According to document C, " Historians estimate that more than 80,000 French people on both sides died in the Vendée in 1793". This shows that trying to protect the revolutionary government they sacrificed some of their own men to protect the freedom they don't have anymore because there died. This evidence shows that the Reign of Terror was not justified because the amount of people who died trying to protect the revolution and then the people who all died to being decapitated is too much to be considered worth it in the end because some of the people never really had freedom they just

According to document B, during the revolution the french declared war on Austria. this on its own means many things like protecting the people rights from an invading enemies but it doesn't change the fact that people die in these wars, you can't have your freedom if you're dead. According to document G, the speech of Robespierre about how the outside threats and inside threats must be smother or die trying. This shows that he would ring unnecessary conflict that could be avoided and make people live to have their freedom.

In this regard, the reign of terror was not justified because the conflicts that they have fought and also could have been avoided to not let the people who wanted freedom to die without the taste of it. There are ways to avoid conflict and to not take some threats as something to deal with the first so you don’t stress your people's freedom by being in