2.5- Jacobin Club

Question 1

What was the full title of the Jacobins?

Answer 1

‘Society of the friends of the constitution’

Question 2

Where did the Jacobin club originally rent rooms?

Answer 2

From a jacobin monastery

Question 3

When did the jacobin club originate?

Answer 3

1789

Question 4

What was the entrance fee for membership?

Answer 4

High so it’s members came from the wealthiest parts of society

Question 5

What was the purpose of the jacobin club?

Answer 5

To debate measures which were to come before the National Assembly

Question 6

What did the jacobin club split into?

Answer 6

A large group of its members left to form the feuillant club

Question 7

When did the jacobin club split?

Answer 7

1791

Question 8

When did the Jacobin club split again?

Answer 8

1792 and 1793

Question 9

What group were driven out during the second split?

Answer 9

The girondins

Question 10

How did the ideology of the jacobin club changed in 1792/93?

Answer 10

Became more extreme and more uniform in its beliefs

Question 11

How many jacobin clubs across France were there at its height?

Answer 11

2000 jacobin clubs

Question 12

What publications were there linked to the jacobins?

Answer 12

L’ami du peuple, la France libre, journal de la montagne