WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Radical organization that abolished the monarchy and began the Reign of Terror in 1793-4 was the
A
Girondists
B
Jacobins
C
Sans-Culottes
D
The Royalists
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Reign of Terror was conducted by the Montagnard Jacobins from 1793 to 1794, during which time they conducted mass arrests and executions of those who were opposed to their movement. The French republic did not achieve stability until Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in 1799, officially ending the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17, 000 enemies of the Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -On 6 April 1793 the National Convention established the Committee of Public Safety, which gradually became the de facto war-time government of France. The Committee oversaw the Reign of Terror.

Detailed explanation-5: -A Jacobin (French pronunciation: [ʒakɔbɛ̃]; English: /ˈdʒækəbɪn/) was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement that was the most famous political club during the French Revolution (1789–1799). The club got its name from meeting at the Dominican rue Saint-Honoré Monastery of the Jacobins.

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