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'''The Reign of Terror''' or simply '''The Terror''' was a period of about 11 months during the [[French Revolution]]. During this time, French people who did not support the revolution were executed at the [[guillotine]]. |
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The Period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as Reign of terror.Robes pierrie followed a policy of several controls and Punishment. If the coart found them guilty they were guillatened. |
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Meat and bread were rationed peasants were forced to transport their grains to the cities and sell it at prices fixed by government |
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The Reign of Terror was started on [[5 September]], [[1793]]. The [[violence]] happened more and more often in June and July of 1794, a period called ''la Grande Terreur'' (The Great Terror). On 17 July 1794, sixteen [[nun]]s attracted much attention by singing a religious song as they were being executed for [[treason]]. The Terror ended ten days later, when several important leaders of the Reign of Terror were executed, including [[Louis de Saint-Just|Saint-Just]] and [[Robespierre]]. The Terror took the lives of between 18,500 to 40,000 people. |
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Robespierre died due to the [[Thermidorian Reaction]] against the [[Jacobins]]. This was a revolt against the revolution otherwise called a counter-revolution. Robespierre was one of the last to be guillotined. |
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Eventually, [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] rose to be the emperor of France. |
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== Other websites == |
== Other websites == |
Revision as of 09:32, 20 August 2020
Reign of terror The Period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as Reign of terror.Robes pierrie followed a policy of several controls and Punishment. If the coart found them guilty they were guillatened.
Meat and bread were rationed peasants were forced to transport their grains to the cities and sell it at prices fixed by government
Other websites
- The Terror from In Our Time (BBC Radio 4)
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