Also called Brissotins after their most prominent member, they opposed the Montagnards and the Sans-Culottes.
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)