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The National Convention believed that the committee needed to rule with "near dictatorial power" and the committee was delegated new and expansive political powers to quickly respond to popular demands.
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A period of violence between the Jacobins and Girondins
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The French gov't established the Committee of Public Safety, which took its final form on September 6, 1793
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They guillotined King Louis 16, Marie Antoinette, the Girondins, Philippe Egalite, and Madame Roland.