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Answer» Answer: - 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.
- 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 nuns 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 Saint-Just and Robespierre. The Terror took the lives of between 18,500 to 40,000 people.
- 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.
- Eventually, Napoleon Bonaparte rose to be the EMPEROR of France.
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