Reign of Terror

People in France after the French Revolution were all excited all the Peseants of France were knew that there world was gonna change into a Democracy, but before they were able to let the people control Government, people still went against this and wanted there old ways back. This was called The reign of terror.

The reign of terror was a period of time that occured Fifteen months after the French Revolution and it was a problem between two political rivals, the Girondins and The Jacobins. The Jacobins were a very big political group that after the fall of the monarchy in the French Revolution, the jacobins wanted to gain control in the monarch political party and went against them. The Girondins were a group of people who had certain opinions and principles rather than an organized political party so they were more free minded . The Jacobins wanted to place order back into France while the Girondins had other things in mind. This happened because the leader of the Girondins wanted to start a war against Austria but the Jacobins didnt want to because they didnt want militarism.

Maximilien Robespierre was part of this political fight. He was going to stop the Jacobins from starting a war against Austria, and after the battle gain control of the Government. When he accomplished that, he decided to use his power to kill anymore Revolutionaries. The People then felt unsafe and were scared. He was arrested and Executed for causing killing Revolutionaries.