Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

After the revolution everyone expected democarcy, but it turned out to be very opposite. The King, queen, and the nobles lost almost all of the power. The middle class, and the peasants were running the country.But not very long, because a man name Maximilien Robespierre took control over the government.He tried to remove any thing that had to do with the old monarchyHowever after the revolution the changes not only took place in the government but changes in calendar were made also along with the government. The months of the year were renamed, and sundays were removed from it. The revolutionaries thought that the religion is old fashioned. Lot of churches were closed down in Paris.

Robespierre ruled France like a dictator. During his time of rule the time period was called the Reign Of Terror. So many people were executed by the government.No one felt safe during that time, even the people in the government.He killed the King of France Louis XVI. He even killed the queen Marie Antoinette.As mentioned before the people in the government did not fell safe,because they thought that their head would be next to be chopped off.So a conspiracy was planned against Robespierre,he was arrested, and his head was chopped off.After he was executed the Regin of Terror was over, and there was stability in the France government.