Jacobin

The Society of the Friends of the Constitution, renamed the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality after 1792 and commonly known as the Jacobin Club or... Wikipedia

• Motto:  "Live free or die", (French: Vivre libre ou mourir)
• Successor:  Panthéon Club
• Founder:  Various deputies of the National Convention
• Founded at:  Versailles, France
• Dissolved:  November 12, 1794
• Type:  Parliamentary group
• Legal status:  Inactive
• Purpose:  Establishment of a Jacobin society, 1789–1791: abolition of the Ancien Régime, creation of a parliament, introduction of a Constitution, and separation of powers, 1791–1795: establishment of a republic, fusion of powers into the National Convention, and establishment of an authoritarian-democratic state
• Headquarters:  Dominican convent, Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris
• Methods:  From democratic initiatives to public acts of political violence
• Membership (1793):  Around 500,000
• Official language:  French
• President:  Antoine Barnave (first), Maximilien Robespierre (last)
• Key people:  Brissot, Robespierre, Duport, Marat, Desmoulins, Mirabeau, Danton, Billaud-Varenne, Barras, Collot d'Herbois, Saint-Just
• Subsidiaries:  Newspapers, Journal de la Montagne, L'Ami du peuple, Le Vieux Cordelier
• Affiliations:  All groups in the National Convention, Montagnards, Girondins
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo