In the chronology of the French Revolution the Reign of Terror began on the 17th of September, 1793 with the introduction of the Law of Suspects. An early victim of the Terror was Marie Antoinette. Her trial began on October 3rd and she was found guilty on the 12th of that month. Four days later she was executed by guillotine.
The Establishment of the Directory source: Alpha History
The Terror unofficially ended around October/November 1794 with purging of the Sans-Culottes. The Jacobins still battled the rival Muscadins with the Convention eventually suppressing Jacobin meetings during the Period of White Terror.
Starting in early 1795 Jacobin leaders were prosecuted and Amnesty was granted to the Vendée rebels. Reign of Terror prosecutor Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was sentenced to death and executed while Jacobin uprisings were put down in May of 1795.
By September 1795 a New Constitution was adopted with a Bicameral legislature for France. A Five member Directory would serve as the government executive.
After the horrors of the Reign of Terror the Directory Period was a necessary respite. Early Directory initiatives included the creation of the post of Minister of Police, termination of the . inflation plagued Assignat currency and the final suppression of the Vendéen rebellion.
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