Reign of Terror Essay Examples

September 5, 1793 - July 27, 1794

France

The Reign of Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety.

About 300, 000 people were arrested, and 17, 000 of them were tried and executed. As many as 23, 000 more were killed without trial or died in prison. However, conscription raised a large army that turned the tide of the war in France’s favor.