MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The National Convention
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The Comitte of Public Safety
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The Paris Commune
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1792, the Commune was dominated by those Jacobins who were not in the Legislative Assembly due to the Self-Denying Ordinance. The new Commune meant that there was a genuinely revolutionary challenge to the Legislative Assembly, though its practical victories were always limited and temporary.
Detailed explanation-2: -At a trial on 17 January 1793, the National Convention had convicted the king of high treason in a near-unanimous vote; while no one voted “not guilty", several deputies abstained. Ultimately, they condemned him to death by a simple majority wrong .
Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the revolution, the sans-culottes provided the principal support behind the more radical and anti-bourgeoisie factions of the Paris Commune, such as the Enragés and the Hébertists, and were led by populist revolutionaries such as Jacques Roux and Jacques Hébert.