Question: When did the organization that ruled the nation that owned Louisiana before the US begin?

<P0-S0> The Committee of Public Safety succeeded the previous Committee of General Defence (established in January 1793) and assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion. <P0-S1> As a wartime measure, the Committee -- composed at first of nine, and later of twelve, members -- was given broad supervisory powers over military, judicial, and legislative efforts. <P0-S2> It was formed as an administrative body to supervise and expedite the work of the executive bodies of the Convention and of the government ministers appointed by the Convention. <P0-S3> The Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salut public) -- created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793 -- formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793 -- 94), a stage of the French Revolution. <P0-S4> As the Committee tried to meet the dangers of a coalition of European nations and counter-revolutionary forces within the country, it became more and more powerful. <SEP> <P1-S0> the kingdom of france controlled the louisiana territory from 1699 until it was ceded to spain in 1762. in 1800, napoleon, then the first consul of the french republic, hoping to re-establish an empire in north america, regained ownership of louisiana. <P1-S1> however, france's failure to put down the revolt in saint - domingue, coupled with the prospect of renewed warfare with the united kingdom, prompted napoleon to sell louisiana to the united states to fund his military. <P1-S2> the americans originally sought to purchase only the port city of new orleans and its adjacent coastal lands, but quickly accepted the bargain. <P1-S3> the louisiana purchase occurred during the term of the third president of the united states, thomas jefferson. <P1-S4> before the purchase was finalized, the decision faced federalist party opposition; they argued that it was unconstitutional to acquire any territory. <P1-S5> jefferson agreed that the u.s. constitution did not contain explicit provisions for acquiring territory, but he asserted that his constitutional power to negotiate treaties was sufficient. <SEP> <P2-S0> The U.S. paid fifty million francs ($11,250,000 USD) and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs ($3,750,000 USD) for a total of sixty - eight million francs ($15,000,000 USD, or around $250 m in 2016 dollars). <P2-S1> The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. <P2-S2> The territory contained land that forms Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a large portion of North Dakota; a large portion of South Dakota; the northeastern section of New Mexico; the northern portion of Texas; the area of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River (plus New Orleans); and small portions of land within the present Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. <P2-S3> The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane ``Sale of Louisiana '') was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km2) by the United States from France in 1803. <P2-S4> Its non-native population was around 60,000 inhabitants, of whom half were African slaves. <SEP> <P3-S0> when the dzungar mongols attempted to spread their territory from what is now xinjiang into tibet, the kangxi emperor (r. 1661–1722) responded to tibetan pleas for aid with his own expedition to tibet, occupying lhasa in 1720. by 1751, during the reign of the qianlong emperor (r. 1735–1796), a protectorate and permanent qing dynasty garrison was established in tibet. <P3-S1> as of 1751, albert kolb writes that "chinese claims to suzerainty over tibet date from this time." <SEP> <P4-S0> On 6 April the Committee of Public Safety was created, which gradually became the de facto war - time government.