FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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right-wing
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left-wing
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Dantonists
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sans-culottes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Its members, called the Montagnards (French: [mɔ̃taɲaʁ]), sat on the highest benches in the National Convention. They were the most radical group and opposed the Girondins. The term, first used during a session of the Legislative Assembly, came into general use in 1793.
Detailed explanation-2: -They believe strongly in traditional values and traditional politics and often have an urgent sense of nationalism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The National Assembly wanted to create a constitutional monarchy, they believed that the king was necessary for a functioning state, and they were mainly concerned that the voters and office holders be men of property. Only the most radical wing, the Jacobins, called for the creation of a republic.
Detailed explanation-4: -National Convention The body that replaced the Legislative Assembly following a successful election in 1792. As one of its first actions, the convention declared the French monarchy abolished on September 21, 1792, and on the following day declared France a republic.