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3.23- The Insurrection of August 10th

Revolutions

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Revolutionary Acts - The First Fully Realized Revolution of the Series

The royal family was transferred under close guard to the temple, a mediaeval fortress on the outskirts of paris. The legislative assembly then pressed on as best they could. But after the blood and smoke of august tenth cleared, it would soon become clear that neither the legislative assembly nor the new ministry wielded any real power. Real power now lay in the insurrectionary commune who had just overthrown the national government and seized control not just paris, but all of france.

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