The Reign of Terror throughout France had a significant contribution to the French Revolution. Between the years of 1792 1795, France experienced highly dramatic political, social and economic changes.
The French Revolution began when the most privileged class of France, the aristocracy, tried to resist reforms attempted by the government. The Terror was instigated and carried out by a coalition of Jacobins and sans-culottes. Among the most important leaders of those who encouraged and administered the Terror were Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Saint-Just, Jean Paul Marat, Jaques-Rene Hebert, Jaques Roux and Georges Danton. Robespierre was among the radical Jacobins and he opposed the idea of a war against the kings of Europe, arguing, "War would not create revolutions abroad but would lead to a military dictatorship in France." The Jacobins lost this argument resulting in the first stage of the radical revolution as France declared war on Austria, on 20 April 1792. Despite......
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