10. Rise of Jacobin and Cordeliers Flashcards
What was the estates general also known as?
National/constituent assembly
Why were the political clubs useful for the public?
informed them on major issues, supported election candidates and acted as pressure groups
Where did the Jacobin originate from?
meeting of the radical Breton deputies
Who did the Jacobins associate themselves with?
Physiocrats
What was the Jacobins ideology based on?
Enlightenment and revolutionary practice - favouring centralisation
What was Robespierre a member of? and leader of
CPS and leader of the Jacobin club
When was the Cordeliers club founded?
April 1790
What measures of the Sans-culottes did the Cordeliers follow?
direct democracy
insurrection - rebellion
Who were the 2 main leaders of the Cordeliers club?
Danton and Desmoulins
Where was the rural revolution in 1790?
What did the peasants do?
Brittany and central France
they fixed grain prices and called for the sale of church
