One member of this group was a factory inspector executed along with his wife for tampering with an iron chest found in the Tuileries; that man, Jean Marie Roland, had suggested moving the capital to Blois. Other members of this group included Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud, and an ex-member of this group served as mayor of Paris through Joachim Murat's support. Known for their unwillingness to form ties with the disenfranchised classes, they spurred a war against (*) Austria and they fell from grace via a series of disasters which included the treason of Dumouriex and reverses in the Vendee War. Also called Brissotins after their most prominent member, they opposed the Montagnards and the Sans
One member of this group was a factory inspector executed along with his wife for tampering with an iron chest found in the Tuileries; that man, Jean Marie Roland, had suggested moving the capital to Blois. Other members of this group included Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud, and an ex-member of this group served as mayor of Paris through Joachim Murat's support. Known for their unwillingness to form ties with the disenfranchised classes, they spurred a war against (*) Austria and they fell from grace via a series of disasters which included the treason of Dumouriex and reverses in the Vendee War. Also called Brissotins after their most prominent member, they opposed the Montagnards and the Sans-Culottes. Named after a Department in southwest France, For 10 points, name this moderate French Revolutionary faction destroyed during the Reign of Terror which opposed the Jacobins.
One member of this group was a factory inspector executed along with his wife for tampering with an iron chest found in the Tuileries; that man, Jean Marie Roland, had suggested moving the capital to Blois.
The {Girondins} (or {Girondists} or the {Gironde}; accept {Brissotins} before mentioned, if anyone decides to be a jackass about it)