What were the measures introduced by Maximilian Robespierre during the Reign of terror ?
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Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the ...
i) law (Le droit or loi ) were issued placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices. It is estimated that after the introduction of the Law of Suspects almost 17,000 people were sentenced to death
(ii) Meat and bread (viande et pain )were rationed.
(iii) Peasants were forced to sell grain at fixed prices by the government.
(iv) All citizens were made to eat bread made of wheat flour( pain à base de farine de blé).
(v) Equality was practised by forms of speech and address.
(vi) Slavery was abolished in French colonies.
(vii) Churches () des églises )were shutdown and buildings converted to barracks or offices.
· There is a consensus that it ended with the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794 and resulting ...
· During the Terror, the Committee of Public Safety (of which Maximilien de Robespierre was the most prominent member) exercised virtual ...