Choose the correct answer

The moderate liberals who wanted to retain Louis XVI as a limited monarchy were called ………………. .

a) is correct. Girondins was the group of middle-class men who convened the National assembly and felt it beneficial to retain the king in a limited monarchical role.

b) is incorrect. Jacobians were staunch republicans that were interested in the complete deposition of the King

c) is incorrect. Emigres were a group of French nobles that fled the country during the French Revolution.

d) is incorrect. Royalists were the emigres and other followers of the king, who wished to restore the monarchy in its pristine form.