Question

the condition which led to rise of jacobins

Answer 1

1. People also wanted to continue with the revolution as the Constitution of 1791 (National Assembly) did not give them equal political rights. Many political clubs emerged as the centre points for the people to discuss the government policies.

2. Among these, Jacobins club was popular. The members of this Jacobin Club belonged to poor sections of the society. Their leader was Maximilian Robespierre. Jacobins were called sans-culottes, meaning without knee-breeches as they wore long striped trousers to differentiate themselves from the fashionable society