MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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the universal mobilization of the nation for total war
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laws that regulated the price of grain
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the abolition of slavery in French colonies
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a campaign of de-Christianization
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians are divided about the onset and causes of the Terror, however, the revolutionary war, fears of foreign invasion, rumours about counter-revolutionary activity, assassination plots and zealots in the government were all contributing factors.
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. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-3: -Inflation, unemployment famine and starvation reached their highest levels during the reign terror. Many industries were also destroyed which affected the French economy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first reason why the Reign of Terror was justified is that it brought a democracy to the French people; A democracy that had freed the French people from a monarchy that was going to destroy the common folk by crushing them with starvation, tensions between the common folk, nobles, and the church.