Question
Describe the role of the Jacobins in the revolution.
Solution
The role of the Jacobins:
(i)The extreme section of the Revolutionary party was called the Jacobins and the chief leaders were Danton and Robespierre.
(i)The extreme section of the Revolutionary party was called the Jacobins and the chief leaders were Danton and Robespierre.
(ii)Robespierre became the dictator after sending Danton to the scaffold. He executed all moderated revolutionaries. Soon there was a reaction, moderates and the followers of Danton combined together and executed Robespierre on July 28, 1794.
(iii)With the fall of Robespierre, the Commune of Paris, the Jacobin club, the Revolutionary Tribunal and the Committee of Public Safety were suppressed and the ‘Regin of Terror’ came to an end.
