Robespierre
It was 1789 and the citizens of France were fed up. They had had too many years of dealing with a monarchial government, one ruled solely by a king. Where had this gotten them? No where good, they were bankrupt and the greatest percentage of the citizens were considered in the lower class. This was not a successful country; they were in a horrible economic and social state. What to do? Have a revolution! So in comes Robespierre, creating a sort of socialist dictatorship. Many believed that this was in no way a better alternative to the monarchy until they were fully able to realize the extent to which Robespierre's control helped their nation and ended up saving their republic and paving the way for a greater future for France. Though they may not have realized it until after his rule reaped the benefits that it set out to, it was Robespierre's policies that saved France, and the seemingly unpleasant ways that he achieved this were merely a necessary trade-off for what was to come. Robespierre's reign of terror can hardly be called a terror, given the outcome of his goals. The means were often times unpleasant, but they were more than justified by the ends. In order to save the French republic, his citizens had to
In the end, France was victorious on all fronts. They achieved a republic, which was what they set out to do. No more monarchy, no more continual social, political and economic unhappiness. However, none of this would have been achieved had Robespierre not instituted his so-called "reign of terror." It's given, that his policies at the time were probably not popular. Who really wants to have to make only yucky brown bread as opposed to pastries, and who wants to be subject to the draft simply because of who they were? But this unhappiness that only lasted for a short time is miniscule when compared to the ends that these unpleasant means achieved. Without strict ways to provide food for all of his citizens, policies to unite his nation, and measures taken to form a strong army, Robespierre would have never succeeded. But since he DID realize that he must use these means, and he DID use them, he achieved the all-important end, the goal of everyone in France. The ends justified the means. The final goal that Robespierre had to achieve in order to finally save the republic was to have a strong and ready to fight army. He created a system in which every single unmarried man in France was sub
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Approximate Word count = 814
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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