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The moderate liberals who wanted to retain Louis XVI as a monarch with limited powers, were called.

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Jacobins
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Girondins
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Royalists
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Emigres
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The correct option is B Girondins
The Girondins were a political group of moderate liberals who supported the constitutional monarchy, whereas the Jacobins were hardcore republicans. The Girondins were all tried by the Revolutionary tribunal and sentenced to death.

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