WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which political party supported Maximilien Robespierre’s rise to power and was ultimately responsible for the Reign of Terror?
A
The 5th Republicans
B
The Jacobins
C
The Monarchists
D
The Nationalists
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Maximilien Robespierre was a radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution of 1789. Robespierre briefly presided over the influential Jacobin Club, a political club based in Paris.

Detailed explanation-2: -He also was opposed to the King. So when the monarchy was overthrown in August of 1792, Robespierre was elected to the Convention that was to draft a Constitution. As his political faction grew in power, Robespierre enlisted the help of the sans-culottes, radical militants from the lower classes of French society.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Republican Party supported the French Revolution. They believed that a free, fair-minded republican form of government would be born out of the chaos and bloodshed of the Reign of Terror.

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