Girondists & Jacobins G=A member of the

moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.

Jacobin-A radical or extreme leftist.

Montganards(the Mountain)

Radical Jacobins!! Radical, radicals!

Controlled National Assembly

Advocated for government reform of constitutional monarchy

Sans-Culottes-A revolutionary extremist.

Favored democratic republicNation of small farmers

& shopkeepersVoice of common man

could be heard Best form of govt. was

the one which governed the least

Wanted laws to prevent extremes of both wealth & property

Maximilien-Francois-Marie-Isodore De Robespierre

1758-1794 Lawyer Prominent member

of Jacobin Club (radical political organization)

Dominant in National Convention (revolutionary

assembly 1792-1795)

Honore-Gabriel Riqueti, Comto De Mirabeau

1749-1791 Soldier & well-known

political essayist Most celebrated

orator of revolutionary period

Advocate of constitutional monarchy for France

May 1789 Elected to Estates-General as deputy for 3rd Estate

July 1793 Joins nine-member Committee of Public Safety

April-July 1794 Virtual dictator of France

Largely responsible for Reign of Terror 1793-1794

1791 Appointed president of National Assembly

Fails to convince radicals or King Louis XVI to create constitutional monarchy based on British model

April 1791 Dies of ill health

Georges-Jacques Danton

1759-1794 Lawyer Founder member of

Cordeliers’ Club (radical revolutionary party & an influential element in National Convention)

Marie-Joseph, Marquis De Lafayette

1757-1834 Soldier in American

Revolution Becomes French

national hero Strong advocate of

political reform Advocate of royal

authority to prevent anarchy during the period of reform

Hated by Jacobins for his moderation

September 1792 Elected to National Convention

April 1793 Original member of Committee of Public Safety & opposes excesses of the Terror

April 1794 Plotted against & denounced as a counterrevolutionary by Robespierre Tried & executed

May 1789 Elected to Estates General as deputy for 2nd Estate Sympathetic to 3rd Estate

August 1789 Helps draft Declaration of the Rights of Man (bill of rights) based on America’s

October 1789 Protects Louis XVI during march of Parisian citizens on Versailles

June 1791 Aids Louis XVI’s unsuccessful attempt to escape France

August 1792 Leaves France for Austria Imprisoned & later

released in 1797

Jean-Paul Marat 1743-1793 Physician & Scientist,

practicing in Paris during Revolution

Member of Cordeliers’ Club

Editor of influential & controversial revolutionary newspaper L’ami du Peuple (The Friend of the People)

Arrested several times for publicly announcing prominent members of the assembly

Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Duc D’Orleans

1747-1793 Known as Philippe

Egalite (Equality) Member of Bourbon

family Popular & known for

liberal views Advocate of government

reform

September 1792 Elected to National ConventionAdvocates

radical reforms July 1793

Assassinated by Girondist activist Charlotte Corday

Hailed as a martyr

May 1789 Elected to Estates General as deputy for 2nd Estate

September 1792 Given title Citoyen Egalite (Citizen Equality) by Paris Commune Recognition of his support

of the Revolution April 1793 Arrested

after his son becomes an émigré

October 1793 Executed as a counterrevolutionary