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The '''Reign of Terror''', sometimes referred to simply as the '''Terror''', was a period of intense social and political violence in [[France]] - and particularly in [[Paris]] - that erupted shortly after the beginning of the [[French Revolution]], in which thousands of people across the country were executed, imprisoned, tortured, or exiled for real or perceived crimes of treason against France. | The '''Reign of Terror''', sometimes referred to simply as the '''Terror''', was a period of intense social and political violence in [[France]] - and particularly in [[Paris]] - that erupted shortly after the beginning of the [[French Revolution]], in which thousands of people across the country were executed, imprisoned, tortured, or exiled for real or perceived crimes of treason against France. | ||
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The Reign of Terror, sometimes referred to simply as the Terror, was a period of intense social and political violence in France - and particularly in Paris - that erupted shortly after the beginning of the French Revolution, in which thousands of people across the country were executed, imprisoned, tortured, or exiled for real or perceived crimes of treason against France.
Instigated by several revolutionary politicians, most notably Maximilien de Robespierre, the Terror began with the execution of the deposed King Louis XVI of France in 1793, after the Revolution had gained momentum and the support of the oppressed lower and middle classes. The King was followed in death by his wife, Marie Antoinette, and most members of the Girondin political party.
The executions soon sparked off a long series of arrests, trials which almost universally found the accused guilty, and executions across the nation, with the most popular method of execution being decapitation by a guillotine. Almost 16,600 people were recorded to have been beheaded during the Terror. Another 25,000 summary executions took place throughout the country. Notable victims included chemist Antoine Lavoisier, lawyer Georges Danton, and the count Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector.
In July 1794, the Terror intensified into "The Great Terror" before finally ending on the 27th, when several revolutionaries revolted against the Terror's leaders and their excessive violence. Soon after, most of the Terror's instigators were executed, including Robespierre, becoming the last victims of their own violent reign.