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Reign of Terror
Purging France of enemies of the Revolution to protect the country from foreign invaders. -
Guillotine
A killing machine with a blade that chopped peoples heads off for their death penalty. 15,000- 40,000 is roughly the amount of people that died from the guillotine. -
The Jacobins
Jacobin clubs served as debating societies where politically minded Frenchmen aired their views and discussed current political issues. -
Girondin
A loose grouping of republican politicians, some of them originally from the département of the Gironde, playing a leading role in the Legislative Assembly. -
The French Republic
This period is characterized by the fall of the monarchy, the establishment of the National Convention and the infamous Reign of Terror, the founding of the Directory and the Thermidorian Reaction, and finally, the creation of the Consulate and Napoleon’s rise to power. -
Committee for Public Safety
It is a political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror. -
Robespierre
Most influential of the members of the Committee of Public safety. Hard worker with strong principles, and he became known as the Incorruptible because of his honesty and rigid commitment to transforming France into a republic of Virtue. -
The Fall of Robespierre
Robespierre falls from power when he sent his fellow citizens and friends Danton and Desmoulins to the guillotine. -
Thermidorian Reaction
Threats, shouting, arrests, and killing with the guillotine. Which resulted in the fall of Maximilien Robespierre and the collapse of revolutionary fervour and the Reign of Terror in France.
