The Reign Of Terror

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profiteering, or one of the various offenses included under
the Law of Suspects. In 1794 the dictatorship of the Committee intensified,
but from fear, not popular support. Executions continued to increase (258
in April of 1794, 345 in May, and 688 in June) and differences in the
Committee became dramatically. And on July 27, 1794 Robespierre was
shouted down from the national convention while giving a speech to answer
attacks against his policies. Because his speeches were so aggressive it
caused people to fear for there own safety. Cries of “Down with the tyrant”
were raised and Robespierre was arrested and then decreed. Then on July 28
Robespierre died on the guillotine, along with his other supporters, eighty
more followers of Robespierre were executed the next day.
Another cause of the reign of terror had to have been the french
revolution. Because during the French Revolution is when the Reign Of
Terror hit. The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in 1799. In ...

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up the assembly. Then the Parisians and the peasants
tore down the Bastille, and out of fear the nobles decided to flee France.
The people saved the National Assembly from being done away with by the
king.

Then in 1792 the National Assembly declared France a republic. In
1791 the Assembly believed that the revolution was over and started the
Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly soon faced challenges that
depended on the stability of the government between the legislature and the
king. The public became divided and the revolution's religious policy
angered many Catholics and others against the Catholics or any other
opponents.

The government also had to face Austria and ...

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