 Rakatanga kuvambwa muna 1789 nevamiriri veparamende vaipikisa umambo vaibva kuBrittany, kirabhu yacho yakakura kuva sangano rehurumende renyika yose, rine nhengo dzinofungidzirwa kuva hafu yemiriyoni kana kuti kupfuura. The Jacobin Club yakanga yakasiyana-siyana uye yaisanganisira mapoka maviri akakurumbira eparamende ekutanga kwema1790, Gomo uye Girondins. Muna 17921793, maGirondin akanga akakurumbira zvikuru mukutungamirira France pavakazivisa hondo kuAustria uye kuPrussia, vakakoromora Mambo Louis XVI, uye vakagadza French First Republic. Muna May 1793 vatungamiriri veboka reMountain raitungamirirwa naMaximilien Robespierre vakabudirira kubvisa boka reGirondin uye vakadzora hurumende kusvikira muna July 1794. Nguva yavo muhurumende yakaratidza huwandu hwepamusoro hwechisimba chezvematongerwo enyika, uye nekuda kwechikonzero ichi nguva yehurumende yeJacobin Gomo inozivikanwa seKutonga kweTerror. Muna October 1793, vanhu 21 vakakurumbira veGirondin vakaurayiwa. Hurumende yaitongwa neGomo yakauraya vashori 17 000 munyika yose, senzira yokudzvinyirira nayo kumukira kweVendéeuye kupandukira kwevaFederalist uye kudzivisa kudzokororwa. Muna July 1794 National Convention yakadzinga hurumende yaRobespierre nevatsigiri vake musimba ndokuita kuti Robespierre nevamwe vake 21 vaurayiwe. Muna November 1794 Jacobin Club yakavharwa. 