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_________ was the leader of Jacobin Club responsible for the 'Reign of Terror' during the French Revolution.

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Napoleon
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Robespierre
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Voltaire
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Louis XVI
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The correct option is B Robespierre
Robespierre was the leader of Jacobin Club responsible for the 'Reign of Terror' during the French Revolution. Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution.

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