The Committee of Public Safety
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When?
1793-94
Where?
Paris
Who?
consisted of 12 men led by Robespierre, most were jacobins
What?
created by the National Convention, (parliament for republic). duties included: appoint judges and juries to the Revolutionary Tribunals who would prosecute potential enemies of the Republic, provision the army, insure public order, and defend the Republic at all costs.
Why?
created during the terror to protect the "republic" which was really a dictatorship
