MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Great Fear
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The Reign of Terror
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The Womens’ march to Versailles
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The September Massacres
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Fear, French Grande Peur, (1789) in the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Fear (in French, Grande Peur) was a wave of peasant riots and violence that swept through France in July and August 1789. These riots were sparked by economic concerns, rural panic and the power of rumour.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the Great Fear? The Great Fear, called La Grande Peur in French, was a period immediately following the storming of the Bastille. It was a time when members of the nobility began to fear for their lives because of the popular uprisings that were spreading rapidly across France.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Reign of Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety.