THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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Upheaval Central
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The Period of Unrest
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The Reign of Terror
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -: a period during which a person or group commits violent acts against many people and causes a lot of fear.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Reign of Terror was a violent period during the French Revolution from 1793-1794 when the Radicals led by Maximilien Robespierre were running the Government. During this period, thousands of people who were suspected to be disloyal to the Revolution were arrested and executed.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.