MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Marie Antoinette was executed
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The Committee of Public Safety used terror to keep the Republic safe
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Thousands of French people were sent to the guillotine
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all of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Reign of Terror refers to the violent period during The French Revolution from 1793-1794 when the Radicals led by Maximilien Robespierre were running the Govt. During this period, thousands of people who were suspected to be disloyal to the Revolution were arrested and executed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reign of Terror, also called the Terror, French La Terreur, period of the French Revolution from September 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794 (9 Thermidor, year II).
Detailed explanation-4: -The period of the French Revolution from 1792-1793 is called the Reign of Terror. Robespierre, the leader of the Jacobin club, used a revolutionary tribunal to arrest people who seemed to be against the republic nation. They were guillotined, when found guilty.