Which of the following are correct statements regarding the Reign of Terror?

All the members who supported the French revolution were executed.

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It started when a committee was formed to govern France's internal affairs.

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King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were executed.

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These executions went on till Robespierre was freed.

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B It started when a committee was formed to govern France's internal affairs.
C King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were executed.
The Reign of Terror in France started when a committee was formed to govern the country's internal affairs. In July 1793, Robespierre was made the head of this committee of Public Safety. All those who opposed the French revolution were executed. Members of the clergy and nobility were executed by guillotine. These executions went on till Robespierre himself was executed in July 1794.

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