Committee of Public Safety

  • April 1793: the Convention established a Committee of Public Safety that wanted somewhat dictatorial power to sustain the revolution from enemies
    • They had a political relationship with the sans-culottes
  • June 1793: sans-culottes invaded the Convention to secure control and established a new calendar and the eradication (removal) of Christianity
  • August 23: the French experienced a levee en masse
  • September 29: Prices were reformed to the sans-culottes demands
  • Also, much counterrevolutionary acts were stopped by French armies

Committee of Public Safety