<P> In August -- September 1793 , militants urged the Convention to do more to quell the counter-revolution . A delegation of the Commune ( Paris city council ) suggested to form revolutionary armies to arrest hoarders and conspirators . Bertrand Barère , member of the Committee of Public Safety -- the de facto executive government -- ever since April 1793 , among others on 5 September reacted favorably , saying : let 's `` make terror the order of the day ! '' On 17 September , the National Convention passed the Law of Suspects , a decree ordering the arrest of all declared opponents of the current form of government and suspected `` enemies of freedom '' . This decree was one of the causes for 17,000 death sentences until the end of July 1794 , reason for historians to label those 101⁄2 months ' the ( Reign of ) Terror ' . </P>
<P> In August -- September 1793 , militants urged the Convention to do more to quell the counter-revolution . A delegation of the Commune ( Paris city council ) suggested to form revolutionary armies to arrest hoarders and conspirators . Bertrand Barère , member of the Committee of Public Safety -- the de facto executive government -- ever since April 1793 , among others on 5 September reacted favorably , saying : let 's `` make terror the order of the day ! '' On 17 September , the National Convention passed the Law of Suspects , a decree ordering the arrest of all declared opponents of the current form of government and suspected `` enemies of freedom '' . This decree was one of the causes for 17,000 death sentences until the end of July 1794 , reason for historians to label those 101⁄2 months ' the ( Reign of ) Terror ' . </P>
who introduced the region of terror in france
who introduced the region of terror in france
Bertrand Barère the National Convention
Bertrand Barère the National Convention