MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Jacobin Club believed the Constituent Assembly would give too much power to the wealthy.
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The Constituent Assembly had raised taxes higher than the Jacobin Club wanted.
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The Jacobin Club believed the Constituent Assembly planned to assassinate the king.
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The Constituent Assembly had forced the Jacobin Club to pay off its debts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did the Jacobin Club advocate revolt against the National Constituent Assembly? The Jacobin Club believed the Constituent Assembly would give too much power to the wealthy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Jacobin Club was formed by Maximilian Robespierre. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was originally formed by deputies of the National Assembly to protect the Revolution’s gains against a possible aristocratic reaction. Although it did not have a direct role in overthrowing the monarchy in 1792, the club later changed its name to Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Liberty and Equality.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Jacobins saw themselves as constitutionalists, dedicated to the Rights of Man and in particular, to the declaration’s principle of “preservation of the natural rights of liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression” (Article II of the Declaration).