To What Extent were the Jacobins responsible for the Terror?

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To What Extent were the Jacobins responsible for the Terror?

              The terror had begun by the rising power of a political club. The Jacobins

wasn’t just any political club, but they were a club which took over and dominated the

government. Their domination of the government and new reforms had impacted the

lives of many citizens. They rose to power and used despicable methods which led to the

terror. Surpassing the role as a political club, the Jacobins were the main reason why the

terror had begun. The organization of the terror, the methods that were used during the

terror and Robespierre’s tactics resulted in the Jacobins terror.

           The organization of the terror helped to convey the theme of the Jacobin Terror.

 First of all, the most essential institutions that were in the terror were already there

before the Jacobins had come to power. Second of all, the Jacobins had an important

 role in the Committee of Public Safety. Because of the rebelling society of France

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against the Jacobin government, the convention set up the committee of Public safety.

 “The Committee shall talk in secret; it shall be responsible for watching over the work of

the government …under the critical circumstances it is authorised to take measures to

defend the revolution against internal and external enemies” (The Reign of Terror). The

Jacobins had full control of this committee. Maximilien Robespierre, the leader of the

committee passed out a law: The law of Suspects, in which people would be sent to

prison with trial but without asking for evidence. Getting rid of ...

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