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Desperation Replaces Leadership
- The sans-culottes were politically crippled by loss of organization and leadership after Thermidor.
- Starvation remained their main leverage despite weak leaders and suppressed institutions.
Convention's Political Rewriting
- The Convention rehabilitated moderates and purged extremist Thermidorians to consolidate power.
- This political rewriting angered the sans-culottes and fueled unrest in Paris's eastern sections.
Bread Ration Held the Peace
- A free bread ration kept unrest from exploding until flour supplies collapsed in spring 1795.
- Parisians linked the end of the maximum with their current starvation and blamed Thermidorian policy.