GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Montagnards were radicals largely composed of Parisian bourgeoisie and the sansculottes (militants initially drawn from the poorer classes of Paris) and were led by the Jacobin Club of Paris.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17, 000 enemies of the Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “Terror” being used to describe the period was introduced by the Thermidorian Reaction who took power after the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794, to discredit Robespierre and justify their actions.