The ’reign of terror’ came to an end with the revolt of the Parisian mob against Robespierre who was guillotined on March 13, ………….

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• The National Convention entrusted all executive authority to the ‘Committee of Public Safety’, consisting of 12 members led by Robespierre. It let loose a ‘reign of terror’ in……….., from 1793 to 1794.
• King Louis XVI was found guilty of high treason by the National Convention and was guillotined on 21st January ………
• Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) led a revolt against the Catholic Church in ………….
• After ruling France from 1792 to 1795, the National Convention was dissolved and the new constitution came to be called the Constitution of the Year ……………
• In 1769, ……………invented a machine run by waterpower instead of manpower. Hence it came to be called the ’Water-Frame’.
• In 1856, ……………discovered a process by which impurities could be removed from iron. This purified refined iron came to be known as ’steel’, which helped in making more accurate tools, implements, weapons and machines.
• In 1295, King Edward attempted to curb the nobles and the clergy, by securing the support of the third estate, consisting of the common people. To do so, he summoned the first complete English Parliament including representatives from all sections of society. This meeting came to be referred to as the……………..
• As James II would not be able to fight against the Parliament and William of Orange, he escaped to ……………….