Look for the distinctive male Hazelnut flowers, called catkins, which look like 2-inch to 3-inch long yellow or brown growths at the end of the tree branches. The male flowers grow in clusters of two to three and typically form in the winter months.
Committee of Public Safety. Executive committee established by National Convention that was supposed to supervise the elimination of the enemies of the revolution, under the leadership of Robespierre. Developed a relationship with the sans-culotte of Paris that mostly just touched the surface.
The common people of France revered Lafayette as an idealistic man who was dedicated to liberty and the principles of the Revolution. Although Lafayette organized the National Guard of armed citizens to protect the Revolution from attack by the king, he balked as the Revolution became more radical.