
Maximilien Robespierre was one of the leaders during the French Revolution. He was born on May 6th of the year 1758.He was one of the many great leaders during his time. Being a leader in the French Revolution meant that he was part of the public safety committee of France. He disagreed on the code of absolute monarchy over France. Even though they were able to overthrow King Louis XVI, France still did not obtain their freedom right away. It took many more years to come for them to obtain their freedom. France had finally stopped France from being a monarchy. The Revolution the began to spread. there were many rivals against the revolution. They threaten France by telling them to let free King Louis XVI or they would invade France. They had to go through a time period call the Reign of Terror. After the government of France stop being an absolute monarchy Robespierre took over France. He took over France like a dictator. He wanted to get ride of the idea of France's government from being an absolute monarchy.

Robespierre was important during the Reign of Terror. After the government of France stop being an absolute monarchy Robespierre took over France. He took over France like a dictator. He wanted to get ride of the idea of France's government from ever being an absolute monarchy. During the Reign of Terror he was arrested and executed in 1784 because the committee of public safety felt that he was trying to take over so they stood up to him. He was executed for his beliefs of France not being an absolute monarchy. The Reign of Terror was a period during the French Revolution which was harsh for many French people. The terror began on September 5, 1793 and lasted 10 months till July 1794. Thousand of people were killed over this time period. They were all executed by the same way King Louis XVI was which was by the guillotine. Thousands of people's heads were all cut off.About 18,500 to 40,000 people died during the Reign of Terror.
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