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Thermidor Ends Utopian Revolution
- The Thermidorian reaction marks the end of revolutionary utopian overhaul and the close of Act I of the French Revolution.
- After Thermidor the revolution narrows to pragmatic goals: win wars and hold power.
Victory And Survival Replace Ideology
- Post‑Thermidor governments prioritized military victory and regime survival over ideological purity.
- That pragmatic focus created the political furnace that forged Napoleon Bonaparte.
Enemies United By Fear Of Robespierre
- A disparate group united against Robespierre out of self‑preservation rather than shared ideology.
- Their coalition included recalled representatives, committee rivals, and war technocrats fearful for their lives.