| Term | Definition |
| Thermidor reaction | Thermidor refers to the coup of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) in which Maximilien Robespierre was guillotined and the Reign of Terror ended. |
| The insurrection of April - May 1795 | The 1795 Journees mark the last attempt by the sans-culottes to impose their ideas on the ruers and gain power |
| Thermidor | the month of july 19th - august 17th |
| The White Terror | An attack on ex terrorists and all who had done well out of the revolution by those who had formerly been persecuted |
| Guilotin | It was the end of Robespierre |