Reign+of+Terror

The Reign of Terror was a time of extreme violence during the French Revolution that occurred from Sept. 5, 1793 to July 28, 1794. It was a period of mass executions performed by the Jacobins, usually by means of the guillotine, of “enemies of the revolution” or state who were mainly ordinary citizens rather than aristocrats. In Brinton's cycle of a revolution, the Reign of Terror would be the part in which the radicals are in control.

Created by Jaclyn Speer 2.12.09

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