Reign of Terror

To meet the crisis at home, the National Convention and the Committee of Public Safety set in motion an effort that came to be known as the Reign of Terror, which was a rebellion against authority of the National Convention. Revolutionary courts were set up to prosecute internal enemies of the revolutionary republic. During the course of the Reign of Terror, close to 40,000 people were killed and of those 16,000 people including Marie Antoinette & Olympe de Gouges, died under the blade of guillotine. People from all classes were killed during the Terror.

Information found in Book, Page 557