The revolutionary government saw enemies of the Revolution everywhere. It passed laws that allowed it to arrest citizens on very
little evidence. Soon, no one felt safe. Thousands of innocent prisoners were executed—some nobles, some priests, and some the ordinary "commoners" of France. 1 True
2 False
The Revolutionary Government in France passed laws, arrested and killed thousands of people including priests and commoners. Even politicians feared for their own lives
Robespierre excused his terror with Rousseau's idea that a republic, made up of the general will of the population, cannot go wrong, and anyone that is against the republic is an enemy and should be destroyed.
