
8.1- The Second French Empire
Revolutions
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The Party of Order - Let's Just Wate Him Out
The assembly passed a law in 18 50 putting a three year residency requirement on voters, knocking out fully one third of electorate. But far from being led around by the nose, the prince president took to the road to rally a defence of universal suffrage. Now locked in a real political battle that they had not quite expected, the strategy of the party of order became, let's just wate him out. All they had to do was stall until bonaparte's term expired in 18 52, at which point the pigmy napoleon could be dispensed with.
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