MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Jean Paul Marat
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Maximilien Robespierre
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Georges Danton
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Detailed explanation-1: -Numbers of men were members of two or more of such clubs. Women were not accepted as members of the Jacobin Club (nor of most other clubs), but they were allowed to follow the discussions from the balconies. The rather high subscription of the Jacobin Club confined its membership to well-off men.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shopkeepers, artisans-shoemakers, pastry cooks, watch-makers, printers as well as servants and dailywage workers were the members of the Jacobin club.
Detailed explanation-3: -He joined his military unit in Nice in June 1793, and threw his political support behind the Jacobins, a progressive and popular party after the French Revolution. The Jacobins came into dictatorial power for a short period that became known as the reign of terror.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Dominicans in France were called Jacobins (Latin: Jacobus, corresponds to Jacques in French and James in English) because their first house in Paris was the Saint Jacques Monastery. The terms Jacobin and Jacobinism have been used in a variety of senses.