Jacobins

Examples of Jacobins in the following topics:

• Politics within the Revolutionaries

  • The Feuillants came into existence when the Jacobins split between moderates (Feuillants), who sought to preserve the position of the king and supported the proposed plan of the National Assembly for a constitutional monarchy, and radicals (Jacobins), who wished to press for a continuation of direct democratic action to overthrow Louis XVI.
  • A result of the increasing divide within the Jacobins was the split between the more radical Montagnards and the Girondins.
  • The Jacobin Club was one of several organizations that grew out of the French Revolution, and it was distinguished for its left-wing, revolutionary politics.
  • They came into conflict with The Mountain (Montagnards), a radical faction within the Jacobin Club.
  • The Jacobins were known for creating a strong government that could deal with the needs of war, economic chaos, and internal rebellion.

• Political Parties from 1800–1824

  • In an analysis of the contemporary party system, Jefferson wrote on Feb. 12, 1798: "Two political Sects have arisen within the US, the one believing that the executive is the branch of our government which the most needs support; the other, that like the analogous branch in the English Government, it is already too strong for the republican parts of the Constitution; and therefore in equivocal cases they incline to the legislative powers: the former of these are called federalists, sometimes aristocrats or monocrats, and sometimes tories, after the corresponding sect in the English Government of exactly the same definition: the latter are stiled republicans, whigs, jacobins, anarchists, disorganizers, etc. these terms are in familiar use with most persons. "

• Citizen Gênet Affair

  • The Affair came to an end when the Jacobins, having taken power in France in January 1794, sent an arrest notice to Washington that demanded that Genêt return to France.

• The Transfer of Power between the Federalists and the Republicans

  • "Two political Sects have arisen within the U.S. the one believing that the executive is the branch of our government which the most needs support; the other that like the analogous branch in the English Government, it is already too strong for the republican parts of the Constitution; and therefore in equivocal cases they incline to the legislative powers: the former of these are called federalists, sometimes aristocrats or monocrats, and sometimes Tories, after the corresponding sect in the English Government of exactly the same definition: the latter are still republicans, Whigs, Jacobins, anarchists, disorganizers, etc. these terms are in familiar use with most persons. "

• The Constitution of 1791

  • With the onset of French Revolutionary Wars and the involvement of foreign powers in the conflict, radical Jacobin and ultimately republican conceptions grew enormously in popularity, increasing the influence of Robespierre, Danton, Marat and the Paris Commune.

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • During the period of the French Revolution, Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophers among members of the Jacobin Club.

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Slavery in the French colonies was abolished by the Convention dominated by the Jacobins in 1794.

• Foreign Intervention

  • In 1793, the new French armies experienced numerous defeats and these difficult times allowed the Jacobins to rise to power and impose the Reign of Terror as a method of attempting to unify the nation.