The Mountain

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The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.

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The Mountain canonical 3
La Montagne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French revolutionary faction
political faction
radical left-wing faction
activeInPeriod French Revolution
Reign of Terror
alternativeName La Montagne
Montagnards
associatedColor red
broaderMovement Jacobin Club
surface form: French Jacobin movement
consequenceOfDecline end of the Reign of Terror
country France
declineEvent Thermidorian Reaction
dominantIn National Convention
ideology centralization of power
popular sovereignty
radical republicanism
language French
legislativeBody Legislative Assembly (France)
surface form: Legislative Assembly of France

National Convention
meetingPlace National Convention hall
memberOf Jacobin Club
nameOrigin high benches in the National Convention
opposedFaction Feuillants
Girondins
politicalGoal abolition of monarchy
establishment of a republic
price controls on essential goods
strong central government
universal male suffrage
politicalPosition far-left
religiousPolicy de-Christianization (varied support)
roleInEvent Reign of Terror
insurrections of 31 May – 2 June 1793
suppression of the Girondins
trial and execution of Louis XVI
socialBase Parisian sans-culottes
supportedInstitution Committee of Public Safety
supportedLeader Bertrand Barère
Georges Danton
Jacques Hébert
Jean-Paul Marat
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Maximilien Robespierre
supportedPolicy Law of Suspects
Law of the Maximum
revolutionary tribunals
timePeriod 1792–1794

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Montagnards alsoKnownAs The Mountain
Montagnards alsoKnownAs The Mountain
this entity surface form: La Montagne
North of Boston containsPoem The Mountain
The Plain sometimesAlliedWith The Mountain