MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Nobles
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Merchants
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Priests
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Royalist sympathizers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The identity of the perpetrators, called “septembriseurs", is poorly documented, but a large number were Parisian national guards and provincial federates who had remained in the city since their arrival in July.
Detailed explanation-2: -In all, about 1, 200 prisoners were killed, most after a summary trial by a hastily constituted “popular tribunal.” Of these, more than 220 were priests held for refusing to accept the Revolutionary church reorganization.
Detailed explanation-3: -The September Massacres of 1792 were a series of brutal killings which murdered approximately half the prison population of Paris. The slaughter lasted from 2 September 1792 to 6 September 1792 and had a significant impact on the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The September Massacres affected the government by igniting conflicts between the political factions of the Montagnards, and the Girondins, who were vying for power in the newly-established republic. Both groups were members of the Jacobin Club, an extremist republican organization.