The Reign of Terror, which lasted from 1793 to 1794, was a period of severe violence during the French Revolution, which was led by Maximilien Robespierre. Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety ruled during the Reign of Terror and killed thousands at the guillotine. Robespierre’s followers were called the Jacobins which were the most powerful and radical political faction during the time and he was a spokesman for urban workers, who became known as the sans-culottes. The purpose of the terror was to crush the resistance to the revolution, protect the republic and protect the country from foreign invaders, and the violence also gave voice to the fury of the public. As a result, people who were suspected of supporting the monarchy,
