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The Reign of Terror and the Fall of Robespierre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBy 1793, the French Revolution had been underway for six years and things were taking a dark turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revolutionaries were split into two factions \u2013 the moderate Girondins and the more radical faction known as the Mountain. It was this second, more radical group, with Robespierre as leader, who eventually took control of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mountain ruled through what was known as the Committee of Public Safety. This executive committee worked with local committees to root out any \u201csuspects,\u201d who were deemed to be a threat to the revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When rounding up these suspected enemies of the revolution, the Committee often cast a wide net. There were many crimes for which a person could be brought before the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They ranged from being seen as a royalist, a supporter of the Catholic church, hoarding supplies, or calling a neighbor \u2018monsieur\u2019 rather than the more egalitarian term, \u201ccitizen.\u201d Once denounced as being a suspect, the person would be taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal where they were either acquitted or sent for execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the months-long reign of terror, which lasted until the death of Maximilien Robespierre, somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 people were sent to the guillotine. The fear and chaos that the Reign of Terror unleashed on the populace is what set the stage for the Thermidorian Reaction<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Thermidorian Reaction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn the last month of the Reign of Terror<\/a>, 1,400 people were executed. Robespierre and the rest of the Committee on Public Safety were making it easier and easier to send someone to the guillotine.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith the Paris prisons full of \u201csuspects\u201d they tried to expedite the judicial process by removing the need for evidence in trials. This meant that someone could now go straight from being denounced to being sent to the guillotine<\/a> with almost no chance of defending themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith paranoia and fear at a fever pitch, members of the provisional government were gotten on the wrong side of Robespierre and began to suspect that they would be next. They decided to strike against him before he could send them to their deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Thermidorian Reaction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn the last month of the Reign of Terror<\/a>, 1,400 people were executed. Robespierre and the rest of the Committee on Public Safety were making it easier and easier to send someone to the guillotine.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith the Paris prisons full of \u201csuspects\u201d they tried to expedite the judicial process by removing the need for evidence in trials. This meant that someone could now go straight from being denounced to being sent to the guillotine<\/a> with almost no chance of defending themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith paranoia and fear at a fever pitch, members of the provisional government were gotten on the wrong side of Robespierre and began to suspect that they would be next. They decided to strike against him before he could send them to their deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the Paris prisons full of \u201csuspects\u201d they tried to expedite the judicial process by removing the need for evidence in trials. This meant that someone could now go straight from being denounced to being sent to the guillotine<\/a> with almost no chance of defending themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With paranoia and fear at a fever pitch, members of the provisional government were gotten on the wrong side of Robespierre and began to suspect that they would be next. They decided to strike against him before he could send them to their deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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