What went wrong? Also any good books you guys can recommend on

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Some fuckers wanted to bring the monarchy back, others wanted to turn France into a land of communism (which led to some ridiculous laws banning 'vous' and such). So he killed everyone.

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The revolutionaries of 1789 proclaimed the rights of man and presided over one of the greatest redistributions of land in European history and the first French Republic abolished slavery in the French colonie. There is much that remains genuinely inspiring in the history of the French revolution.

Citizens by Simon Schama

Mike Duncan's Revolutions Podcast

Pretty much the mobs in Paris got to dictate policy, which led to an ever leftward drift. Then the government put in retarded policies.

Revolutionaries in Marseilles turned on Pariscentric politicians. Farmers rioted over price ceilings put into place for the benefit of starving city dwellers. Catholics went full civil war mode over priests' civic oaths in the Vendee.

Also, towards the beginning, various parties, including the King, thought it was in their interest to start a war with Austria. So while the French Revolution is going on, they are also invading Austria, Belgium, Italy, and for some reason Egypt and Syria.

They also try invading Ireland and England.

It's a shit show.