USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -During the Reign of Terror, France was ruled by a group of men called the Committee of Public Safety. The leader of this group was a man named Robespierre. Robespierre was also the leader of a radical group called the Jacobins.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 6 April 1793 the National Convention established the Committee of Public Safety, which gradually became the de facto war-time government of France. The Committee oversaw the Reign of Terror.

Detailed explanation-4: -In July 1793, following the defeat at the Convention of the Girondists, the prominent leaders of the radical Jacobins-Maximilien Robespierre and Saint-Just-were added to the Committee. The power of the Committee peaked between August 1793 and July 1794 under the leadership of Robespierre.