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.
Intro. On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchyâs dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. This article reporting the events of 14 July was published in an English newspaper called The World, a few days after the event took place.