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Why did the French Revolution not end with the Constitution of 1791?

How why did the French Revolution go radical?

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For the first time in the country, the constitution was adopted during the French Revolution, September 3, 1791. Under the Jacobin dictatorship, the constitution of the first year was adopted, but did not enter into force. The Jacobins decided to postpone the introduction of the Constitution in connection with the domestic and foreign policy problems of the country.

Gradually, over the course of the 18th century, in the upper echelons of French society, there was maturing of the understanding that the old order with its underdeveloped market relations, chaos in the management system, a corrupt system of selling government posts, the lack of clear legislation, a confusing tax system and an archaic system of class privileges needed to be reformed. In addition, royal power lost confidence in the eyes of the clergy, the nobility and the bourgeoisie, among which the idea was asserted that the king’s power was usurped in relation to the rights of estates and corporations (Montesquieu's point of view) or in relation to the rights of the people (Rousseau's point of view). Thanks to the enlightenment, of which physiocrats and encyclopedists are especially important, a ‘coup’ has occurred in the minds of the educated part of French society.

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