A common feature of successful revolutions is chaos. Those who have sought change, and have succeeded, have very often not prepared and agreed upon new civic structures. They have concentrated on getting rid of old regimes. Their ideas for a new system of government have usually been very immature.
The French Revolution had one main intention – to rid the land of aristocratic rulers.
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