Read the para under the title ‘The Reign of Terror’ of page 168 and comment on it.

The reign of terror was in the period of 1793 to 1794. The Robespierre went after a policy that was intended to control and punish people. It was for about 11 months during the French Revolution. All those people who he feels were threat for republic were imprisoned, arrested and then tried by a revolutionary committee. If the court found them at fault then they were executed.