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What has been the greatest threat to the consolidation of the French and Russian revolutions?

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

shortround325 asked: So, what has been the greatest threat to the consolidation of the French (1789) and Russian (1917) revolution?

What were the financial problems of the royal government that were a major cause of the French Revolution?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

dramalass asked: It has been argued that the financial problems of the royal government were a major cause of the French Revolution. What were these problems? How did Louis XVI's government attempt to deal with the financial crisis? How did these problems precipitate the Revolution? How did these problems ...