Editing Committee of Public Safety (section)

=== Social climate of Revolutionary France ===
The [[French Revolution]] brought about an immense shift in society in which citizens desired to bring about a new age of critical rationality, [[egalitarianism]], and patriotism amongst French men.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tackett |first=Timothy |title=The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution |publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780674425163 |location=Cambridge, Mas |pages=121}}</ref> Revolutionary ideals were spread throughout France and a belief in [[democracy]] and civilian government was heralded as the new era of French civilization.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tackett |first=Timothy |title=The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution |publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780674425163 |location=Cambridge, Mass |pages=121–122}}</ref> 1793 would bring a new republican constitution, drafted by the National Assembly.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tackett |first=Timothy |title=The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution |publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780674425163 |location=Cambridge, Mass |pages=245}}</ref> [[French Constitution of 1793|The French Constitution of 1793]] and its subsequent government would bring sweeping reforms to French politics and the French social order. Major reforms included comprehensive education, the recognition of rights for illegitimate children and improved rights for married women.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tackett |first=Timothy |title=The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution |publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780674425163 |location=Cambridge, Mass |pages=313}}</ref>

The French Constitution of 1793 outlined the prevailing [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] era ideology of the French government at this stage of the revolutionary period. The constitution outlines a right to the resistance of oppression as well as the right to personal liberty.<ref>{{Cite book |last=The Committee of Constitution |title=The New Constitution of France |publisher=London: Printed for J. Ridgway |year=1793 |location=London |pages=3}}</ref> The equality of all French men is detailed as is the structure of the [[French First Republic|French Republic]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=The Committee of Constitution |title=The New Constitution of France |publisher=London: Printed for J. Ridgway |year=1793 |location=London |pages=4–7}}</ref> The new constitution and the shift into a republican government centered on the National Assembly created the atmosphere for a radicalized governing authority to take power.<ref name="Tackett 2015 251">{{Cite book |last=Tackett |first=Timothy |title=The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution |publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780674425163 |location=Cambridge, Mass |pages=251}}</ref> Members of the French common classes such as the [[Sans-culottes|Sans-Culottes]] turned to radicalism and inspired militant activism among the French populace.<ref name="Tackett 2015 251"/>