MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Within the Legislative Assembly, several hostile factions competed for power. The sans-culottes found support among radicals in the Legislative Assembly, especially the Jacobins. A revolutionary political club, the Jacobins were mostly middle-class lawyers or intellectuals.
Detailed explanation-2: -What occurred after radicals took control of the Assembly? They called for a new legislative body, extended the right to vote to all male citizens, abolished the monarchy, established a republic, and executed the king and queen. Why did Robespierre think the Terror was necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution?
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mountain (French: La Montagne) was a political group during the French Revolution. Its members, called the Montagnards (French: [mɔ̃taɲaʁ]), sat on the highest benches in the National Convention. They were the most radical group and opposed the Girondins.
Detailed explanation-4: -Radicals took control of the Legislative Assembly and called for the election of a new legislative body-the National Convention.