executed without any evidence being heard on the defendants behalf. Brutaland wrongful as it was, the action of the Committee of Public Safety was essential inextinguishing the rebellious uprisings that threatened France. France was successful in battling off enemies from afar and within, yet it was faced withanother threat, famine. Food prices were dangerously high and to avoid mass starvation, theCommittee of Public Safety issued the Law of the Maximum. This new law demanded that fortygoods, including corn, flour, firewood and oil were to be frozen until further notice. This newlaw also fixed peoples wages and those who broke the maximum were subject to death. Thelaw had some faults, namely the fact that many other goods prices continued to rise whilewages remained frozen. In spite of the laws imperfections, the Law of the Maximum helpedFrance survive the famine. Considering all of the benefits France was able to acquire during the Reign of Terror, it isappropriate to say that the ends justified the means, as brutal as the means happened to be....
