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The European Reaction to the Revolution

The European Reaction to the Revolution. For those champions of the Enlightenment, the revolution was good Radical political groups began to grow in Italy and Germany Austria and Prussia thought the revolution would eclipse France as a major power

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The European Reaction to the Revolution

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  1. The European Reaction to the Revolution

  2. For those champions of the Enlightenment, the revolution was good • Radical political groups began to grow in Italy and Germany • Austria and Prussia thought the revolution would eclipse France as a major power • Enlightened rulers from Eastern Europe saw the possibility of revolution and renounced the enlightened ideas

  3. Suppression of Reform in Britain • William Pitt the Younger championed the revolution as a means of liberty for France • As reform movements in Britain began, Pitt began to fear revolution • Began suppressing working-class reform groups • Sponsored mob action to drive Joseph Priestley, a radical thinker, out of Britain • Suspended habeas corpus and freedom of the press

  4. Edmund Burke (British) Attacks • wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) – said revolution will end in military despotism • Not against reform, but felt the removal of monarch and church would lead to rule by force • Predicted increased violence in France (1790) • Wanted evolutionary change not revolutionary

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