Robespierre and the Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror was a result of the revolution, although the idea of the revolution was significant, the way the government and the people handled it at first was not. The entire point of the revolution was to have freedom and democracy for all, yet gangs were gaining power such as the "Jacobins". The Jacobins gained power in France and tried to kill anyone connected to the Old Regime by cutting their heads off with a guillotine. The Jacobins even killed the King Louis XVI. Finally someone in the government had gained control. This person was Maximilien Robespierre, but Robespierre turned out to be no better then the Jacobins themselves.
Robespierre killed everyone who was connected to the Old Regime just like the Jacobins and all he had to do was suspect that person of it and that person was dead. This Chaos was called the Reign of Terror. The government started to get scared because even members of the government were getting killed and they did not want to be the next one to get cut off by a guillotine, so they decided to overthrow Robespierre and kill him. Soon after the death of Robespierre, the government realized their mistakes and their original promise to have liberty, equality, and freedom. After a horrible start, France started to get back on its feet and created a stable democracy with a government called the directory and a general to command the army.

The French Revolution: Social Causes

The three estates were Clergy, Nobles, and Peasants. The third estate (Peasants) felt used because they did all the work for their country but had to pay most of the taxis while the Nobles payed nearly nothing and the Clergy payed nearly nothing at all. When the Peasants of France heard of what the enlightenment thinkers were doing, they admired it greatly and wished for the same type of government, where all was equal and the people controlled their own government. Everything from how much King Louis XVI taxed the peasants to the way the Old Regime was laid out triggered the French Revolution, but there was no direct cause. France celebrates July,14 1789 the same way we celebrate ours on the 4th of July

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

The Scientific Revolution came forth a new theory of the universe. This new theory is called heliocentric and it means that the sun is the center of the universe. Before the scientific revolution, there was only the theory of Earth being the center of the universe which is called geocentric. Galileo used the Scientific Method to prove that geocentric was false and the sun was in fact the center of the universe. The church strongly believed in the geocentric theory and put Galileo on trial for his heliocentric beliefs. Galileo later died for his beliefs, but is thought of one of the greatest scientist of all time.

Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

The Scientific Method is the way we prove all our conclusions through studying and examining until only facts remain. Before the scientific revolution, scientist would come to conclusions before facts and belief before examination. The scientific Revolution introduced the Scientific Method and an entire new generation of science. We learned that earth is not the center of the universe and objects of different wait fall at the same speed, we would not of learned this without the Scientific Method.

Evolution vs Creation

Evolution is the event of which traits are passes down from generation from generation. New species can evolve from evolution due to different needs. Creation is the study of how species were first created and not evolved from past generations. When comparing these two theory's, religion and science take different roles. Evolution is the scientific explanation to how humans came to be and for any organism for that matter, while creation is religion's theory on how humans came to be.

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