A fabricated letter linking this person to John the Baptist caused the arrest of a self-styled “Mother of God” named Catherine Théot. To combat price gouging on food, this person spearheaded the Law of the General Maximum. This person was convinced the Prussian-born Anacharsis Cloots was plotting with the Exaggerators who supported the Le Père Duchesne paper. This person warned against the “ancient insanity of governments” in a speech defending a festival centered around a tree on top of a man-made (*) mountain. (10[1])As a nod to his support of direct democracy, Thomas Carlyle (-5[1])gave this person the epithet “sea-green Incorruptible.” This person shot himself in the jaw in the Hôtel de Ville. De facto control over the Committee of Public Safety was held by, for 10 points, what leader of the “Reign of Terror” during the French Revolution? ■END■ (10[1])