The Reign of Terror was a result of the revolution, although the idea of the revolution was significant, the way the government and the people handled it at first was not. The entire point of the revolution was to have freedom and democracy for all, yet gangs were gaining power such as the "Jacobins". The Jacobins gained power in France and tried to kill anyone connected to the Old Regime by cutting their heads off with a guillotine. The Jacobins even killed the King Louis XVI. Finally someone in the government had gained control. This person was Maximilien Robespierre, but Robespierre turned out to be no better then the Jacobins themselves.
Robespierre killed everyone who was connected to the Old Regime just like the Jacobins and all he had to do was suspect that person of it and that person was dead. This Chaos was called the Reign of Terror. The government started to get scared because even members of the government were getting killed and they did not want to be the next one to get cut off by a guillotine, so they decided to overthrow Robespierre and kill him. Soon after the death of Robespierre, the government realized their mistakes and their original promise to have liberty, equality, and freedom. After a horrible start, France started to get back on its feet and created a stable democracy with a government called the directory and a general to command the army.
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