Kammala wannan magana: Kungiyar ta samo asali ne daga gundumar Cordeliers, sanannen yanki mai tsattsauran ra'ayi na Paris da Camille Desmoulins ya kira, "mafi tsarki kawai inda ba a keta 'yanci ba". A karkashin jagorancin Georges Danton, wannan gundumar ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin
An kai hari kan Bastille kuma gida ne ga manyan mutane da yawa na Juyin Juya Halin, gami da Danton da kansa, Desmoulins da Jean-Paul Marat<unk> wanda a madadinsa gundumar ta sanya kanta cikin halin tawaye na farar hula, lokacin da a watan Janairun 1790 ta ƙi ba da izinin aiwatar da umarnin kama shi wanda Châtelet ya bayar.