What Led to France’s Reign of Terror?: Quick Facts

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Battle of Fleurus, June 26, 1794

Engraving of a Revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror, with judges at a table, armed guards, and citizens, some pointing and gesturing in a crowded courtroom.

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