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.
After the end of the Reign of Terror, France established a new constitution in 1795 and was ruled by the Directory.