Question

Who were the Jacobins? Write about it in
three points.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The leader of the Jacobin club was Maximilian Robespierre.

 

The Jacobins or the society of the Friends of the Constitution was the most famous and influential club prior to the French Revolution.

 

The Jacobin gots its name from the former convent of St Jacob in Paris.

 

It became an important rallying point for people who wished to discuss government policies and plan their own forms of action.

 

The member of Jacobin club belonged mainly to the less wealthy society which included small shopkeepers, printers, artisans like shoe-makers, watch-makers, servants, daily- wage workers, party cooks etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

1.Jacobin a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789.

2.The Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution

3. In association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793–4.