The Reign of Terror

The reign of terror all began when a radical group called the Jacobin's who during the revolution gained power by rallying the people and promising change. This is when Maximilien Robespierre slowly started to gain power into his own hands, his first order of business was to wipe out any reminders of before the revolution and the monarchy he even redid the calender with no Sunday! The real trouble started in the summer of 1793, when Robespierre was elected leader of the Committee of Public Safety. His job was to decide who were enemy's of the republic. Robespierre when made with power thousands were beheaded by the guillotine soon he even started killing his own officials. By the end of 1994 the National Convention was weary of Robespierre's reign and turned on him. The National Convention then assigned 5 men to power called the directory who although were corrupt made one good decision: they placed Napoleon Bonaparte as head of the army.