COMmittee safety
The significance of creating The Committee of Public Safety is to protect the newly established republic against foreign attacks and domestic rebellion. Its purpose was to avoid the country of factors within it, which is parallel with the schemes of the country's enemies. The National Convention initiated the Committee of Public Safety in 1793. Primarily consisting of nine members of the conventions, it was brought about as an administrative body to take charge and advance the work of the executive bodies of the convention and of the government ministers appointed by the convention. As the Committee tried to meet the dangers of a coalition of European nations and counter-revolutionary forces within the country, it became more and more powerful. In July 1793, following the downfall at the Convention of the moderate Republicans, Girondist, the dominating leaders of the radical Jacobins—Maximillien Robespierre, Saint-Just, and Georges Couthon— were added to the Committee. The power of the Committee peaked under the leadership of Robespierre between August 1793 and July 1794. Although the committee’s power is renewed monthly by the national convention, the three Jacobins succeeded in spreading influence over the people. This resulted to the committee being the center of power of the country. While Robespierre and the committee acquired more power, they raised fourteen armies, which to be able to maintain required maximum prices and fixed wages. To fight domestic opposition they established the Reign of Terror, which executes any oppressors with the guillotine. The arrest of Robespierre in July 1794 saw a reactionary period against the Committee of Public Safety and the excesses of the Terror. This is known as the Thermidorian Reaction. The Committee's influence diminished, and it was disestablished in 1795.
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