Claim: A dictatorship was imposed during the French Revolution.
Evidence: The dictatorship imposed by the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror , from 1793 until 1794 , established price controls on food and other items , abolished slavery in French colonies abroad , dechristianised society through the creation of a new calendar and the expulsion of religious figures , and secured the borders of the new republic from its enemies.
The Reign of Terror or The Terror -LRB- la Terreur -RRB- is the label given by some historians to a period during the French Revolution , in an apparent attempt to retorically discredit or ` curse ' the politics and events especially during the dominating presence -LRB- July 1793 -- July 1794 -RRB- of Maximilien Robespierre on the Committee of Public Safety -- the de facto executive government of Revolutionary France.