Question

This group controlled the National Convention in France as extreme radicals and risky change-makers who favored the middle and working class....oftentimes through violence.
A. Tithes

B. National Assembly

C. Girondists

D. Jacobins

E. None of the above

Answer 1

B. The National Assembly. This group dismantled the monarchy and in fall through spring of 1793-4, set about what would be called "The Reign of Terror", the bloodiest and most violent period of the French Revolution. The was led by Maximilien Robespierre and his associated Committee of Public Safety.