History A-Level
Thermidorian reaction
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The dismantling of the Terror's machinery after Robespierre's fall in 1794, closing the Jacobin Club and curtailing the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Topics that use Thermidorian reaction
- 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) – 1795–1815 The Directory and Napoleon's rise to power, 1795–1799 (AQA A-Level)
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