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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Lesson Title: rEIGN OF TERROR GALLERY WALK
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based on your understanding of the documents.
Historical Background:
After Louis’s execution, the national assembly appointed a 12 man Committee of Public Safety to run the country. Robespierre, a
great orator dominated the committee and led the army to protect the nations borders. Then he launched a nationwide campaign of
repression that became known as the Reign of Terror. During the years 1793-1794 , more than 250,000 thousand people suspected of
anti-revolutionary activities or of helping France’s enemies were sent to the guillotine. Most of the people rounded up were not
aristocrats, but ordinary people. Terror was the order of the day. In the words of Maximilien Robespierre, “Softness to traitors will
destroy us all.”
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Based on your understanding of the documents answer the following questions:
Was the government of France justified in its use of violence against those it believed were
threatening the revolution ? Explain!
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Name: ___________________
Lesson # 4
Date: ___________________
Lesson Title: rEIGN OF TERROR GALLERY WALK