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The context of the Terror justified the extent of the measures taken (and this is accepted even by bourgeois historians). France was facing a civil war on one hand, and an invasion by the first coalition on the other. Aristocratic elements were picked to be destroyed so as to weaken a possible counter-revolution. At the same time, an economic crisis as well as a food shortage was hitting France and the lowest classes could not afford the items they needed to live. The committee of public safety was established to deal with these crises, and the Terror was decreed in this context to deal specifically with the counter-revolutionary elements: aristocrats and nobles, the clergy, and hoarders. | The context of the Terror justified the extent of the measures taken (and this is accepted even by bourgeois historians). France was facing a civil war on one hand, and an invasion by the first coalition on the other. Aristocratic elements were picked to be destroyed so as to weaken a possible counter-revolution. At the same time, an economic crisis as well as a food shortage was hitting France and the lowest classes could not afford the items they needed to live. The committee of public safety was established to deal with these crises, and the Terror was decreed in this context to deal specifically with the counter-revolutionary elements: aristocrats and nobles, the clergy, and hoarders. | ||
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