The French Revolution: The Reign of Terror

An A Level and IB History revision podcast for students studying the French Revolution. This episode explores the situation in France following the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, and why the Convention introduced the Terror. The podcast considers both external and internal pressures within France at the time, and goes on to explore how and why the Convention chose to respond in such an extreme way to the situation. The role of Maximilien Robespierre is considered in particular, along with an exploration of the reasons for his downfall.

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The French Revolution: The Reign of Terror is an episode from A Level and IB History Revision Guides: Mr Allsop History by Scott Allsop.

This episode is 00:15:00 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2014.

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