Reasons behind which Maximilian Robespierre's reign (1793 - 1794) was known as the Reign of Terror:
- Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment.
- All those whom he saw as being 'enemies' of the republic - ex-nobles and clergy, members of other political parties, even members of his own party who did not agree with his principles - were arrested, imprisoned and then tried by a revolutionary tribunal.
- If the court found them guilty they were guillotined.
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