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The Reign of Terror lasted from 1793-1794 and marked the height of the radical phase of the French Revolution. The Reign of Terror was led by Maximilian Robespiere.

Maximilien Robespierre was the man who led the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution.

Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician who became influential in the republic of France during the French Revolution.

The Jacobin Club was the most powerful political organization in France during the French Revoluion. It was formed in Versailles during the Estates-General of 1789.

Following the Reign of Terror, a number of French radicals led by Maximilien Robespierre were arrested and guillotined as outlaws. This led to the Executive Directory.

The National Convention governed France during the period of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror. Led primarily by the Jacobins, it lasted until 1795.

After the 1792 September Massacres, a newly formed Committee of Public Safety instituted a Reign of Terror designed to eliminate opposition to the new order.

"You've said it yourself a million times. If there had been a TV in every living room sixty years ago, this country does not elect a man in a wheelchair."

The Guillotine was introduced in France at the time of the Revolution in response to the need for a swifter and humane method of execution.