Question: When did the group that ruled the country whose influence decreased due to the Scottish reformation during the reign of terror start?

On 6 April the Committee of Public Safety was created, which gradually became the de facto war - time government. <SEP> although a number of the east jersey proprietors in england were quakers and the governor through most of the 1680s was the leading quaker robert barclay, the quaker influence on government was not significant. even the immigration instigated by barclay was oriented toward promoting scottish influence more than quaker influence. in 1682 barclay and the other scottish proprietors began the development of perth amboy as the capital of the province. in 1687 james ii permitted ships to be cleared at perth amboy. <SEP> The Scottish Reformation of 1560 decisively shaped the Church of Scotland. John Knox is regarded as the leader of the Scottish Reformation. The Scottish Reformation Parliament of 1560 repudiated the pope's authority by the Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560, forbade the celebration of the Mass and approved a Protestant Confession of Faith. The Reformation in Scotland culminated ecclesiastically in the establishment of a church along Reformed lines, and politically in the triumph of English influence over that of France. It was made possible by a revolution against French hegemony under the regime of the regent Mary of Guise, who had governed Scotland in the name of her absent daughter. <SEP> 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. 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. 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. 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. 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> the rule of law is the legal principle that law should govern a nation, as opposed to being governed by arbitrary decisions of individual government officials. it primarily refers to the influence and authority of law within society, particularly as a constraint upon behaviour, including behaviour of government officials. the phrase can be traced back to 16th century britain, and in the following century the scottish theologian samuel rutherford used the phrase in his argument against the divine right of kings. the rule of law was further popularized in the 19th century by british jurist a. v. dicey. the concept, if not the phrase, was familiar to ancient philosophers such as aristotle, who wrote "law should govern".