I've always admired the beginnings of the French Revolution. Storming a major prison, overthrowing a hated monarchy, and eventually establishing a parlimentary democracy (after the Reign of Terror, Napoleon, another Napoleon, the restoration of the monarchy twice, plus the defeat by the Germans who then established the German Empire in Versailles).
The French of course got the idea after the American Revolution, but they were the first in Europe to overthrow the Ancien Régime.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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