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Excerpt from The French Revolution
The Revolution consists of two separate movements, one mainly political, the other mainly social. - Pause in the Revolution in Ugh - Apathy of the majority of voters. Classes which had not gained what they expected from the Revolution - Distress among the artisans and labourers. Illogical position of the Constitutional party - Causes Of its unpopularity with the poor. - The Jacobin theory. - Its results in practice - Its triumph secured by violence. Various causes of disorder. - Increase of the in?uence of force in politics -numbers of the Jacobin party. - Its complete Organisation - Growth of Jacobin clubs. - Orga nisation Of the Commune of Paris. - In?uence of the active Sections - Rise of Robespierre. - his character and policy.' - Results of the King's ?ight to Varennes. - Attitude Of the Jacobin c1ub.-the Massacre of the Champ de Mars.' Rally of the Constitutional party. - Barren results of their success. - Reviving in?uence Of the Jacobins. - Visible in the Elections - Critical state of the Revolution at the end of1791.
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