Reign Of terror (sep 5, 1793 – jul 27, 1794)

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a period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins (moderate republicans) and the Jacobins (radical republicans) -caused by France's military situation, chaos throughout the country, and Robespierre's development of the Law of Suspects that allowed him to arrest and execute anyone who stood against the Revolution.

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