Episode 2 of 5
End of the Reign of Terror and Policy Reversal
- When
- from 27 July 1794
- Where
- National Convention
- Part of
- Thermidorian Reaction
The Thermidorian Reaction ended the Terror, decentralized executive power, and abandoned radical Jacobin policies for moderation.
The period was marked by the end of the Reign of Terror, decentralization of executive powers from the Committee of Public Safety, and a turn from the radical Jacobin policies of the Montagnard Convention toward more moderate positions. The Thermidorian Convention also excluded remaining Montagnards from power, even those who had joined the conspiracy against Robespierre and Saint-Just.
Sources
- Thermidorian Reaction Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-11
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.