Finally some justice! During the Reign of Terror, people were killing anyone who sided with the Monarch. The mastermind behind this idea was Robespirre, who believed that terror was necessary to achieve order. Clergy and Nobility were mostly the ones killed. About 300,000 people were arrested and accused of treason and over 17,000 killed. These deaths were by the guillotine, which was a machine that cut off people's heads. I still remember standing out in the streets cheering, “All hail the Republic!” when the Nobles finally were done away with. Terror was created by these mass killings. This reign of terror contributed to the rise in Democracy because they were killing people that believed in submitting to a Monarch. Only those who
