Explain reign of terror. What changes were bought by Robespierre’s government.
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Robespierre's government apart from being remembered for the Reign of Terror undertook many laws similar to present-day socialist policies and welfare state.
(i) Laws were issued placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices.
(ii) Meat and bread were rationed
(iii) Peasants were forced to sell grain at fixed prices by the government.
(iv) All citizens were made to eat bread of wheat flour
(v) Equality was practised in form of speech and address
(vi) Slavery were abolished in French colonies
(vii) Churches were shutdown and buildings were converted in to barrack or office
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(i) Robespierre's government issued laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices. Meat and bread were rationed. (ii) Peasants were forced to transport their grain to the cities and sell it at prices fixed by the government. (iii) The use of more expensive white flour was forbidden