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Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Danton and Jean-Paul Marat in a portrait by Alfred Loudet, 1882 (Musée de la Révolution française) During the French Revolution (1789–1799), multiple differing political groups, clubs, organizations, and militias arose, which could often be further subdivided into rival factions. Every group had its own ideas about what the goals of the Revolution were and ...
Early Federalist-leaning American newspapers during the French Revolution referred to the Democratic-Republican party as the "Jacobin Party". [76] The most notable examples are the Gazette of the United States , published in Philadelphia, and the Delaware and Eastern-Shore Advertiser , published in Wilmington, during the elections of 1800.
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
The Plain (French: la Plaine), also known as the Marsh (French: le Marais), was the majority of independent deputies in the National Convention during the French Revolution. They were the most moderate and the most numerous group (around 400 deputies) of the National Convention, as they sat between the Girondins on their right and the ...
The Men of the First French Republic: Political Alignments in the National Convention of 1792 (1972), comprehensive study of the group's role. Scott, Samuel F., and Barry Rothaus. Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution 1789–1799 (1985) Vol. 1 pp. 433–436 online Archived 2020-05-05 at the Wayback Machine.
The Friends of the Monarchist Constitution (French: Amis de la Constitution Monarchique), commonly known as the Monarchist Club (French: Club monarchique) or the Monarchiens, were one of the revolutionary factions in the earliest stages of the French Revolution.
5 May 1789 opening of the Estates General of 1789 in Versailles. The terms "left" and "right" first appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the Ancien Régime to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left.
The Society of the Friends of the Constitution [8] (French: Société des Amis de la Constitution), better known as Feuillants Club (French pronunciation: French: Club des Feuillants), was a political grouping that emerged during the French Revolution. [9] It came into existence on 16 July 1791. [9]