THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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conservative
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radical
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religious
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maximilien Robespierre and the radical Jacobins are best known for their association with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. After the king was executed, the Jacobin political club rose to power and elected their members to be on the Committee of Public Safety.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Jacobian club was the most famous political club during the French Revolution. The members of this club were known as San Culottes because they wore long striped pants worn by dock workers as the symbol of equality.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.