It also drafted a law calling for the conscription of women and children to serve as auxiliaries, which eventually led them to order General Carrier to start massacring people in the Vendee.
One of this entity's failures was enacting the Maximum Price Act. It also drafted a law calling for the conscription of women and children to serve as auxiliaries, which eventually led them to order General Carrier to start massacring people in the Vendee. Its most famous member created the Cult of the Supreme Being and authored Principles of Political Morality, while other members included Carnot, Danton, and Saint-Just, a target of the Thermidorean Reaction. For 10 points, identify this group created by the National Convention in 1793, used by Robespierre to kill his rivals during the French Revolution, rendering its name somewhat ironic.
One of this entity's failures was enacting the Maximum Price Act.
{Committee} of {Public Safety} [or {Comite} de {Salut Public}; prompt on {National Convention}]