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Reign of Terror
Due to the conflict between the two political parties Jacobins and the Girondins, thousands of people are sentenced to death and executed. Leader of the Jacobins, Maximilien Robespierre, becomes a new revolutionary leader. Many are peasants, but some are famous, like Georges Danton and Marie Antoinette. I think this event is important because it was a turning point for the French Revolution, ushering in the new era of the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte.
