Table of Contents
- 1 What did the decree against profiteers do?
- 2 Why did the committee pass the decree against profiteers?
- 3 What were the purposes of the Law of Suspects and the decree against profiteers?
- 4 In what way did the Law of Suspects address the threats against the government?
- 5 Why did the Committee of Public Safety hate monopoly?
- 6 Was the Reign of Terror a necessary evil?
- 7 What did the puritans do to counterfeiters?
What did the decree against profiteers do?
In July 1793, faced with an angry and hungry population, the leaders of the Committee of Public Safety passed the “Decree Against Profiteers.” The law accused “profiteers” in the countryside of hoarding or monopolizing grain in order to raise the price of bread.
Why did the committee pass the decree against profiteers?
The Committee of Public Safety passed the Decree Against Profiteers because they needed to help because things were getting out of hand. The Committee of Public Safety considered monopoly to be a serious crime because the French Revolution motto was liberty and equality.
What were the purposes of the Law of Suspects and the decree against profiteers?
As stated in the Decree Against Profiteers, “Those who have commodities shall be required to declare them and sell them.” (Doc A) They kept the people of France safe by keeping suspects and their enemies away from the country, making their methods useful as well as effective.
How did the Law of Suspects affect the country?
The Law of Suspects empowered local revolutionary committees to arrest “those who by their conduct, relations or language spoken or written, have shown themselves partisans of tyranny or federalism and enemies of liberty.” In 1793–94 well over 200,000 citizens were detained under this law; though most…
Why was monopoly such a serious crime?
Why did the C.P.S considered Monopoly such a serious crime? They wanted everyone to have equal access to their needs to survive and it goes agasint the 1st ideal of the revolution. Because they killed the King, wanted to control the governemnt, and were not the only revolutionary group.
In what way did the Law of Suspects address the threats against the government?
According to this document, in what way did the Law of Suspects address the threats against the government? It gave the government the power to prosecute and execute those it saw as opponents to its rule. It provided the king with all powers in the government.
Why did the Committee of Public Safety hate monopoly?
The Committee of Public Safety believed monopoly to be a serious crime because it reflected the traditional, class-based system of economics that…
Was the Reign of Terror a necessary evil?
Answer: The reign of Terror was a necessary evil in the sense that it warded off the internal Revolutionary enemies such as the clergy, nobility and Royalists who were offended by the revolutionary developments as the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
Why did the Committee of Public Safety Pass the decree against profiteers?
The Committee of Public Safety passed the Decree Against Profiteers so the profits would have to sell goods and not hold them for themselves. The ones who don’t offer will be sent to death and that would stop people from following them in their footsteps.
What kind of punishments did the Puritans accept?
Puritan Punishments. The Puritans never incarcerated prisoners for a long time. They accepted capital punishment, though, for 12 crimes, including blasphemy, counterfeiting and witchcraft.
What did the puritans do to counterfeiters?
A counterfeiter in Salem, condemned to death, pleaded for a clergyman to help him. He only got only a brand on his hand. Mary Dyer received the most extreme of the Puritan punishments for returning to the colony after banishment.