• The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror.
• The new National Convention was dominated by the Committee of Public Safety.
• Robespierre came to dominate the Committee and established himself as the leader of the so called Reign of Terror.
• Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment.
• Robespierre wanted to rid France of all enemies of the Revolution and to protect the “virtue” of the nation.
• From September 1793 to July 1794, an estimated 16,000 people were guillotined.
• Many radicals were executed along with moderates. Most leaders of the French Revolution were now either dead or had fled the republic.
• Robespierre‘s government issued laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices. Meat and bread were rationed.
• Peasants were forced to transport their grain to the cities and sell it at prices fixed by the government.
• Equality was sought to be practiced through forms of speech and address.
• Churches were shut down and their buildings converted into barracks or offices.
• Robespierre pursued his policies so relentlessly that even his supporters began to demand moderation.
• Opposition to Robespierre grew both in the Committee of Public Safety and within the National Convention.
• The execution of popular Committee member George-Jacques Danton and Robespierre proclaiming himself as the leader of a new religion of the Supreme Being caused much resentment.

Finally in 1794, Robespierre was convicted by a court, arrested and beheaded.