Conspiracy of Equals w/ Laura Mason
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What Happens in Paris?
Jacobins had imposed what was called a maximum, which set the price of set up a limit on the price of bread. So as France is heading into winter, the convention gets rid of price controls. Prices go through the roof and poor people starve to death. The committee of 11 takes it upon itself to abolish the democratic Constitution of 1793 at draft a new Constitution. That's the Constitution that brings the directory into being.
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