The Reign of Terror (27 June 1793 - 27 July 1794), also known as the The Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of violence that occurred for one year and two months after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution." The French Revolution ironically was a failed revolution to the towering figure of Robespierre and his Reign of Terror as the revolution spun out control and began to murder itself. First the royalists were beheaded, next the moderate girondists, and by then the violence and suspicion was totally out of hand as the revolution devoured itself. In my opinion, after they started beheading the moderate Girondists it was only a matter of time before everyone else went to the guillotine. 26 years after the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" was written up, a Bourbon once more sat on the throne as the King of France - that is what I mean by "failed" Revolution. Since 1793, France has had no less than 11 subsequent constitutions (while the United States still uses their first). This is what I mean about moderation and political stability. It is the legacy of those revolutions so different in style, substance, and in legacy.
The people lived in fear of losing their heads. This fear eventually led to Robespierre meeting his fate at the guillotine.
The reign of terror effected many people in France. The people of France were scared and 19,000 were excused in this time period.
He was the creator, director and guiding light of the French Revolution.
It was a phase of the French Revolution
The Reign of Terror.
Robespierre was responsible for the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. He was eventually guillotined.
The 2nd or Radical Phase of the French Revolution
He was the creator, director and guiding light of the French Revolution.
The French Revolution.
The person who inaugurated the Reign of Terror during the French revolution was Maximillian Robespierre of the Jacobins.
The French Revolution.
The French Revolution.
It was a phase of the French Revolution
He wholly supported the French Revolution and believed that the Reign of Terror was an understandable, yet regrettable, response to the excesses of the French monarchy.
The French Revolution
The French Revolution.
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The Reign of Terror.
Robespierre was responsible for the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. He was eventually guillotined.