MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Napoleon Bonaparte had established a dictatorship that oppressed the people
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There was no government in France
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Many people were executed
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France was at war with Russia
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 .
Detailed explanation-2: -The Reign of Terror was a dark and violent period of time during the French Revolution. Radicals took control of the revolutionary government. They arrested and executed anyone who they suspected might not be loyal to the revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Between June 14 and July 27, 1794, hundreds of nobles, shopkeepers, clergy, corset makers, vintners, and other “suspicious” citizens were executed by guillotine at Place de la Nation in Paris. It was the height of the French Revolution-Robespierre’s Reign of Terror.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most famous victims of the Reign of Terror was Marie Antoinette (opens in new tab), the deposed queen of France. She was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal on Oct. 14, 1793, and executed two days later.