The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occurred 15 months after the French Revolution and took place between September 5th, 1793 - July 28th, 1794. The number of people who were killed went from 20,00 to 40,00. The guillotine became the symbol of executions. Many well known people were executed from this blade. The executions were done publicly in front of an audience to show people what will happen to those who didn't support the government.
Maximilien Robespierre thought he had to punish people who didn't support them and didn't like to forgive anyone. He believed the French Revolution could till be going on and tried erase anything having to do with it by executing people.
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