The French Revolution was a trying time for many people in the 1700's. Robespierre was using the guillotine to produce his Reign of Terror that left more than 250 people dead. But the Reign of Terror was a result of a more radical time. The storming of the Bastille was one of the main issues during the Revolution. The people, angry with Robespierre's predecessor, King Louis XVI, for putting many prisoners and a large supply of gunpowder into the prison known as the Bastille. The guards had expected a small but very angry mob of about one hundred people, but they did not expect what they did, in fact, get. It turned out that an upwards of 300 people succeeded in their attack on the prison, freeing the prisoners, taking the gunpowder, and dragging the guards through the street. The people that did this were the Jacobins. They were the known revolutionaries that chose to be known to the empire of France. King Louis XVI was not a well liked king by any means. The people of France thought he was a terrible leader, and the assembly that took over later proved it. Robespierre was on the on the assembly that found the king guilty. They used the guillotine to behead him, the same way his wife was killed years earlier. Robespierre's reign of terror began after the king was overthrown. He thought that it was his way of dealing with the Jacobins. Robespierre was deadly in his wrath and almost totally controlled the French empire. The revolution affected many people, mostly in negative ways, though. It was one of the worst times in French and revolutionary history.
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