USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Robespierre then began seeking out and opposing any enemies to the revolution. His bloody rise during the Reign of Terror, and his increasingly autocratic policies led to his demise in July 1794 when he was tried and executed by more moderate revolutionists.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maximilien Robespierre was a radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution of 1789. Robespierre briefly presided over the influential Jacobin Club, a political club based in Paris. He also served as president of the National Convention and on the Committee of Public Safety.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Reign of Terror began on September 5, 1793 with a declaration by Robespierre that Terror would be “the order of the day.” It ended on July 27, 1794 when Robespierre was removed from power and executed. During the Reign of Terror, France was ruled by a group of men called the Committee of Public Safety.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Reign of Terror, or simply the Terror (la Terreur), was a climactic period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution (1789-99), which saw the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary ‘suspects’ between September 1793 and July 1794.

Detailed explanation-5: -Opposition to the Terror One of the most prominent opponents of the Reign of Terror was Georges Danton, an influential member of the Jacobins and Robespierre’s political rival. By the fall of 1793, Danton argued that the instability threatening the revolution, which had justified the Terror, had ended.