WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which section of the society started setting up Jacobin clubs when the french revolution was taking place?
A
Revolutionaries
B
Nationalists
C
Clergy
D
Educated middle class
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Having heard of the influence and success of the Jacobin clubs in France many students and members of the educated middle class in all of Europe formed and joined Jacobin clubs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The members of the Jacobin club were mainly people from the less wealthy sections of society. They included small shopkeepers, artisans such as shoemakers, pastry cooks, watch-makers, printers, as well as servants and daily-wage workers. Their leader was Maximilian Robespierre.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its purpose was to protect the gains of the Revolution against a possible aristocratic reaction. The club soon admitted nondeputies-usually prosperous bourgeois and men of letters-and acquired affiliates throughout France.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Jacobins were members of an influential political club during the French Revolution. They were radical revolutionaries who plotted the downfall of the king and the rise of the French Republic. They are often associated with a period of violence during the French Revolution called “the Terror."

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