MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Jacobins created a new calendar
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The Jacobins renamed all the months
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The Jacobins closed all churches across France.
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All of these are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Republic of Virtue refers to the political philosophy put forth by Robespierre in a speech in February 1794. He basically believed that revolutionary France was to be a republic of virtue, where virtue and a form of terror, which he called prompt and severe justice, worked hand in hand.
Detailed explanation-2: -In April 1793, Robespierre urged the Jacobins to raise a sans-culotte army to enforce revolutionary laws and sweep away any counter-revolutionary conspirator, leading to the armed Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793.
Detailed explanation-3: -The leader of the Montagnard Jacobins was Maximillien Robespierre. He helped to overthrow the Girondins after the Montagnards became dissatisfied with the changes the Girondins made to the French government, which became a constitutional monarchy in 1791 after King Louis XVI signed the French Constitution of 1791.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the influential political clubs that formed by Maximilian Robespierre during the French revolution was the Jacobins club. They were considered to be the radical revolutionaries who planned the rise of the French revolution and the downfall of the King.