History A-Level
The end of the Terror and the Thermidorean Reaction
What The end of the Terror and the Thermidorean Reaction means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of The end of the Terror and the Thermidorean Reaction
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The Thermidorean government dismantled emergency structures, curbed the Committee's powers and released suspects to form a more conservative republic.
Topics that use The end of the Terror and the Thermidorean Reaction
- The National Convention, the Jacobins and the Terror, 1793–94 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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