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How did political clubs influence the revolution?Girondins
Parliamentary group who supported pro-war policy in Legislative Assembly and in Jacobin
club; not too radical but not as cohesive
Lack of parliamentary discipline + small- (mainly friends of Brissot) so often lumped together
with other groups
Led by Brissot + Roland
Pro-war
Critiquing emergency powers + centralist policies
Their critique didn’t actually impede the powers ie Montagnards
Lost popular support after attacking the power of the Commune
Their all or nothing thing- supporting war- meant that only influential surrounding this topic
and put all their eggs in one basket
Many executed in summer + autumn of 1793
Expelled from the Jacobin club + then purged from Convention
Cordeliers
Left-wing + very accessible, minimal entry fees + open to anyone so big membership
Support assembly but wanted to make sure they were treating everyone equally e.g smaller
groups of society
Quite successful as inclusive but influence waned after 1792 as became too radical for
people to support
Feuillants
Broke off from Jacobins- more moderate than these but for a constitutional monarchy
Aim of constitutional monarchy
Had big influence on assembly initially, over time their moderate views became more
unacceptable as monarchy became less and less liked esp. after Terror
Paris Jacobin Club:
Left wing, radical club but not as radical as cordeliers; initially only deputies could join, then
bourgeoisie + later on so could active citizens, by 1790 expanded to over 1000 members
Wanted to make sure constitution goes ahead, representing bourgeoisie who benefit largely
from the constitution so don’t want aristocracy to regain any powers
Successful at beginning, gained influence but as became more radical they split towards end
of revolution
Provincial Jacobin Clubs
Outside Paris so can represent views of not just Parisians
Republican- don’t want King, wanted educated pressure on NA to remove King
Radical so found membership split
Key similarities + differences between clubs:
Often waned in popularity as they became more radical
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