set the foundation for changes ahead, there are many misfortunes that came from it. The

National Guard, the Paris Commune, the September Massacre, are all words that the

French would prefer us not to hear. These events were a subtle denouement to a climax

that was filled with both blood and pain. The Reign of Terror, or the Great Terror, was a

massive culmination to the horror of the French Revolution, the gutters flowing with

blood as the people of Paris watched with an entertained eye. The power at the time of the

Great Terror was in the hands of a newly formed Public Safety Commission headed by

Robespierre. Another influential member of the nine man committee was a lawyer,

responsibility of many deaths during the Great Terror lies.

r of the Revolution. Between these two men the

form of government. Peasants had the authority to search wagons for those believed to be

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