reign of terror

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The FBI deemed that the Reign of Terror also lasted only five years in the '20s when in reality it had lasted about two decades.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023

Known as the Reign of Terror, it sparked a major FBI investigation involving J Edgar Hoover.

From BBC • May 15, 2023

Formerly friends, they are at odds when “Danton’s Death” starts, at the height of the Reign of Terror, in 1794.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Disagreements between the Committee of Public Safety and the Convention over religious and economic policies hastened the end of the Reign of Terror as support for Robespierre’s repressive policies dwindled.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In one of the boxes was a tattered, fabric-covered logbook from the Office of Indian Affairs cataloging the names of guardians during the Reign of Terror.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann