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Why Did the Parisian Sections Revolt Against the New Directory? - Napoleon Bonaparte and the 13 Vendémiaire Uprising | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the autumn of 1795, the French National Convention faced a lethal crisis. Parisian neighborhoods had turned against the government, angered by economic hardship and a decree that guaranteed sitting politicians would keep their power. When thousands of armed citizens built barricades and marched on the Tuileries Palace, the survival of the republic hung in the balance. The man who stepped forward to organize the defense was a twenty-six-year-old, unemployed artillery officer named…
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