Why Did the Jacobins Institute a New Calendar in October

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why did the Jacobins institute a new calendar in October 1793?

• A)The Julian calendar (named after Julius Caesar)sounded too royalist.
• B)The Gregorian calendar (named after Pope Gregory XIII)sounded too Catholic.
• C)The existing calendar was thirteen days behind.
• D)The revolutionaries wanted to destroy the Old Regime and build a new order.
• E)It was an attempt to make people forget about the past.

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