This man started the newspaper "Defense of the Constitution" after arguing against Brissot's calls for war with Austria and he supported his friend Couthon's "Law of 22 Prairial."
This man started the newspaper "Defense of the Constitution" after arguing against Brissot's calls for war with Austria and he supported his friend Couthon's "Law of 22 Prairial." He had Jacques Louis-David organize an event at Champ de Mars advocating deism, the Festival of the Supreme Being. Saint-Just spoke in defense of this man, but most of the National Convention thought he had overstepped his boundaries as leader of the Committee of Public Safety, so he was executed. For 10 points, name this Frenchman who sent hundreds to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror.
This man started the newspaper "Defense of the Constitution" after arguing against Brissot's calls for war with Austria and he supported his friend Couthon's "Law of 22 Prairial."
{Robespierre}