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September 5, 1793 - July 27, 1794. Location: France. Context: French Revolution. Committee of Public Safety. Key People: Maximilien Robespierre. Top Questions. What were the causes of the Reign of Terror? What major events took place during the Reign of Terror? How did the Reign of Terror end? What were the results of the Reign of Terror?
- Committee of Public Safety
From September 1793 to July 1794, the Committee of Public...
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French republican calendar, dating system that was adopted...
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Reign of Terror, period of the French Revolution from...
- Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre came to dominate the Committee of...
- Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre, member of the Committee of Public Safety. During the Reign of Terror, the sans-culottes and the Hébertists put pressure on the National Convention delegates and contributed to the overall instability of France. The National Convention was bitterly split between the Montagnards and the Girondins.
- 5 September 1793 – 27 July 1794
- Committee of Public Safety
Nov 1, 2022 · How did the Reign of Terror end? The Reign of Terror ended with the arrests and executions of Maximilien Robespierre and his supporters on 28 July 1794. This led into the period of the Thermidorian Reaction which tried to reverse much of the damage done by the Terror.
- What was the Reign of Terror and why was it significant?The Reign of Terror was a period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution, in which citizens suspected of 'counter-revolutionary'...
- What caused the Reign of Terror?The Reign of Terror was caused by a constant paranoia that enemies were working from within France to destroy the French Revolution and take away t...
- Who started the Reign of Terror and why?The Reign of Terror was presided over by Maximilien Robespierre and his colleagues on the Committee of Public Safety, who used the Terror to consol...
According to folklore, the Terror was a deadly period where Maximilien Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety and the Revolutionary Tribunals condemned thousands of people to die under the falling blade of the guillotine. The realities of the Terror were more complex than this.
Robespierre, in the interest of saving the Revolution and carrying it forward with “une volonté une” (“one single will”), conducted a fratricidal campaign against both wings of his own movement as well as anyone else perceived as harboring anti-revolutionary sentiments.
Nov 30, 2022 · The fall of Maximilien Robespierre, or the Coup of 9 Thermidor, was a series of events that resulted in the arrests and executions of Robespierre and his allies on 27-28 July 1794. It signaled the end of the Reign of Terror, the end of Jacobin dominance of the French Revolution (1789-1799), and the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction.
