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sansculottes were on the streets in the eighteenth century, with their red caps, long black coats and leather shoes; and for two years in the sixteen hundreds, the people of paris did indeed shout un peu de pa-rise. what they were shouting was, "vive le roi de france" and "macmahon au maréchal!".
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the legitimate royal house, which had been driven from france for so long, came back, on the figurehead of a young girl of thirteen, in 1793. in the reign of louis xv, the bad french were plotting the kings downfall, in the reign of louis xvi, they were plotting the kings assassination. the french revolution was the product of all these plots. its ideals, the birth of a republic rather than a monarchy, should sound familiar to anyone who has worked their way through this book up to now, but there is no doubt about it; in the early stages, the french revolution ended in bloody failure. the revolution did all that it could to rid itself of the monarchy, but was never able to rid itself of louis. his death came by an arm of the revolution, the guillotine, and the terror was now in full swing.
there were two chambers of the french parliament, the national convention and the legislative body. the national convention, whose name was changed to the council of five hundred in 1793, was the legislative body. its members were elected by the people, for what they were at that time, and they were not allowed to hold office after the reign of louis xvi. the second body was the legislative body, whose members were elected by the second chamber for ten years in any one reign. their function was solely to elect the new assembly. the revolution was at this stage, not a pretty sight, but was beset with guerillas, strikes and armed rebellion.