How Did Robespierre Protect The French Revolution

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The goal of the committee of Public Safety was to protect their people from their enemies.
Although protecting their people from enemies was their goal, they did not do it very effectively. Robespierre became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, but he was more like a dictator. During his time of ruling the French it became known as the reign of terror. To “protect” the French Revolution against its enemies they guillotined about 40,000 people. Some that they killed weren’t even committing serious crimes, not serious enough to die anyways. One18 year old girl was killed for cutting down a tree that represented liberty. The ideals of the French revolution were life,liberty, and property, but Robespierre wasn’t honoring that like he

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