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The Terror as the Modern Dictatorship
The Terror of the French Revolution was the period from 1793 to 1794 when suspicion and chaos spread across the country. The Terror represented the first modern dictatorship because the central state, which controlled all of the political power, violated numerous individual liberties to ensure that the Revolution was successful. The Terror found support on both the national and local level, once again using high politics and politics from below to make changes. When the National Assembly gave complete power over to the Committee of Public Safety, the Terror gained its full power and forced all counter-revolutionists out of power. The Sans-culottes used their power to make many changes in the Revolution. The supporters of the Terror had many goals: to found a new society based on virtue, de-Christianize France and reveal and remove all enemies to the Revolution. These events and supporters of the Terror helped to sustain a radical revolution that would become the first modern dictatorship.
Though the National Convention declared terror as the order of the day on September 5, 1793, the Terror of the French Revolution began earlier in the year with the large revolt in the Vendée. The Terror represented the origins of the modern dictatorship. The central state in the capital city of Paris possessed all of the power and used this power to suppress the individual liberties of the French nation. ... The government ended judicial review when it created the law of suspects that placed censors on the people of France and formed committees that investigated and tried the enemies of the Revolution before Revolutionary courts. ...
During the Terror of the Revolution there was much interaction between high politics and politics from below. This can clearly be seen in the composition of the people and groups who supported the Terror.
Approximate Word count = 1460
Approximate Pages = 5.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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