The 14th of July 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution. In England the impact was met with a great deal of paranoia against new revolutionary ideas. Pitt's so called reign of terror tried to deal with this believed threat through propaganda and censorship. However many historians believe there was no real threat of a revolution in England, and that at the time the country was at its most patriotic. One of the French Revolution's …
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…and in any case only affected a small number of people in a negative way. However with the ability of retrospect we, as historians, can see that his policies, especially his censorship of the press, were not always viable because there really was a negligible threat of revolution. Had there been a sudden uprising of impossible proportions, Pitt would have been ready and waiting and England would still be the democratic power it is today.