Friday, September 28, 2007
Robespierre and the Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror at first did not give democracy, the convention instead established a war dictatorship. Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre were governing the country. Prices and wages were unevenly enforced. Assignats were a type of inflated currency during The French Revolution that were mandatory to pay off debts. Robespirre thought every person was his enemy. He executed many people.
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