describe the role of jacobian government during french revolution
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Currently the role of the Jacobins is only their impact on the history of France as I am not aware of them being active in present day governance.
Historically, the Jacobins were the advocates of an egalitarian society of the French people in the era of the French Revolution, initially by speaking their views and once in power, using courts that were not the most adherent to judicial process to condemn those not sufficiently egalitarian according to accusations of whoever felt empowered to see someone else condemned.
What started out as a democratic participant descended into a dictatorship and a reign of terror given to wiping out most indications of previous society in favour of their new egalitarian vision, so long as everyone conformed to their views. Political control of activities that should be non-partisan, like police and courts, was a given. Although not what one would consider Socialist or Communist as arose in the twentieth century, they set out what to expect with a Communist takeover of society.
The Jacobins lost power with the fall of their leader, Maximilien Robespierre, to the denunciation of the Reign of Terror and the resulting governance collapse in the face of what became known as the Thermidorian Reaction, a conservative and elite takeover of the country that led eventually to Napoleon Bonaparte becoming Emperor.
Although the Bourbons returned to the throne by the actions of the other European powers following the final fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, the relationship between the citizens and the monarchy was never the same, and only a third of a century later the royal claim was ended with the Second Republic. The Jacobins had ended the power of the royals and nobility in the minds of many, as well as the influence of the church. The governance of France was subject to the people’s acceptance and permission, rather than by divine right. The Jacobins also demonstrated how to destroy an existing power structure, and the side effects of the actions on the public structures in the process.
Historically, the Jacobins were the advocates of an egalitarian society of the French people in the era of the French Revolution, initially by speaking their views and once in power, using courts that were not the most adherent to judicial process to condemn those not sufficiently egalitarian according to accusations of whoever felt empowered to see someone else condemned.
What started out as a democratic participant descended into a dictatorship and a reign of terror given to wiping out most indications of previous society in favour of their new egalitarian vision, so long as everyone conformed to their views. Political control of activities that should be non-partisan, like police and courts, was a given. Although not what one would consider Socialist or Communist as arose in the twentieth century, they set out what to expect with a Communist takeover of society.
The Jacobins lost power with the fall of their leader, Maximilien Robespierre, to the denunciation of the Reign of Terror and the resulting governance collapse in the face of what became known as the Thermidorian Reaction, a conservative and elite takeover of the country that led eventually to Napoleon Bonaparte becoming Emperor.
Although the Bourbons returned to the throne by the actions of the other European powers following the final fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, the relationship between the citizens and the monarchy was never the same, and only a third of a century later the royal claim was ended with the Second Republic. The Jacobins had ended the power of the royals and nobility in the minds of many, as well as the influence of the church. The governance of France was subject to the people’s acceptance and permission, rather than by divine right. The Jacobins also demonstrated how to destroy an existing power structure, and the side effects of the actions on the public structures in the process.
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