British Reactions to the French Revolution
As much as it was both reactionary zeal and genuine concern, much of Great Britain’s Parliament felt compelled to restrict certain civil liberties (such as freedom of assembly and speech) in order to preserve the greater peace and thus saving England from the fate of France’s failed revolution, whose Reign of Terror inspired fear in many European countries around it. English aristocrats and the Monarchy were very concerned over the course of events in France and as such would go to great pains to suppress any “radical” thinking or publishing (that is, any logic that mirrored or even resembled the “equality” ideals that fostered the revolution). The impassioned rhetoric of Edmond Burke and William Putt, Prime minister of England put into motion laws that would not only limit free speech, but also free thought in regards to the French political movement. Intellectual discussions of certain revolutionary ideas were banned and the writ of......
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