Reign of Terror
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- The picture below shows one of the hasty trials the Revolutionary courts conducted.
- The picture down below shows a guillotine one of the methods Robespierre used to consolidate his power.
- The picture below is the Convention that met in September 1792.
- During the Reign of Terror, which lasted from September 1793 to July 1794. The Revolutionary courts conducted hasty trials. Spectators at the trials greeted death sentences with cries of "Hail the Republic!" or "Death to the traitors!" The terror was necessary in order to protect the Revolution and achieve its goals.
- Below is a picture of the King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
- The engine of the Terror was the guillotine. Its fast-falling blade extinguished life instantly. Dr. Joseph Guillotin introduced this as a more humane method of killing someone than with an ax. It quickly became a symbol of horror.
- The picture below is the night when Robespierre was arrested
- The Convention that met in September 1792 voted to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic. The Deputies drew up a new constitution and the Jacobins, who controlled the Convention, set out to erase all traces of the old order.
- Below is a representation of Robespierre's tombstone
- During the beginning of the Republic, the Convention put Louis XVI on trial as a traitor to France. The king was convicted by a single vote and sentenced to death. Later in the year Marie Antoinette was also executed.
- The Terror eventually consumed those who started it and became very weary and fearful for their own lives. On the night of July 27, 1794 Robespierre was arrested. The members of the Convention turned on the Committee of Public Safety.
- The following day after Robespierre was arrested he was executed. He was simply a victim of what he created after he was beheaded.
- May 6, 1758 -July 28, 1794
- Robespierre
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