MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Conservatives
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Moderates
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Radicals
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who wanted a limited or constitutional monarchy? the National Convention. Why was King Louis XVI tried for treason? He wanted France to lose its war against Austria and have his power restored.
Detailed explanation-2: -Radicals, who sat on the left side of the hall, opposed the idea of a monarchy and wanted sweeping changes in the way the government was run.
Detailed explanation-3: -From 1789 to 1791 the National Assembly acted as a constituent assembly, drafting a constitution for the new regime while also governing from day to day. The constitution established a limited monarchy, with a clear separation of powers in which the king was to name and dismiss his ministers.
Detailed explanation-4: -They were the principal conservative political party in France at the time and opposed the radical course of the revolution, leading to the Reign of Terror. Generally, historians divide the Convention into the left-wing Jacobin Montagnards, the centrist The Plain and the right-wing Girondins.