The national convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 ( Committee of public safety)
it got dominated by Jacobin Maximilien Robespierre
they took control of the government
adopted polices (reign of terror) to defend France
revolutionary courts were setup to prosecute c counterrevolutionaries and traitors temporarily
almost 40,000 people were killed
16,000 of them (including Marie Antoinette and Olympe DE gouges) died by the guillotine
were occurred in towns that had openly rebelled against the convention
armies were set up to take rebellious cites under the conventions control
when the guillotine was slow they used grape shot
people in all classes were killed
people were alarmed by inflation so the committee tried to control prices of goods (food , clothing, fuel ,etc)
it got dominated by Jacobin Maximilien Robespierre
they took control of the government
adopted polices (reign of terror) to defend France
revolutionary courts were setup to prosecute c counterrevolutionaries and traitors temporarily
almost 40,000 people were killed
16,000 of them (including Marie Antoinette and Olympe DE gouges) died by the guillotine
were occurred in towns that had openly rebelled against the convention
armies were set up to take rebellious cites under the conventions control
when the guillotine was slow they used grape shot
people in all classes were killed
people were alarmed by inflation so the committee tried to control prices of goods (food , clothing, fuel ,etc)