1793: Jacobin leader who slowly gained power; set out to build a "republic of virtue" (wiping out France's past); changed calendar (12 months, 30 days, no Sundays--religion is old-fashions and dangerous); closed all churches; July 1793: became leader of COPS (Committee of Public Safety); governed as a dictator; sentenced many radicals who led the Revolution to death (IRONY)significance: ruler of France who terrorized the country; end of reign lead to period of order and the appointment of Napoleon Bonaparte

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