The French Revolution became increasingly radical. Explain why this occurred. The spiralling radicalisation of the French Revolution was propelled mainly by the economy, pressure from other countries, fear of counter-revolution, sans-culottes dominance and finally the tyranny of Maximillien Robespierre. The perception of what was alleged as "radical" (defined as "departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme") was altered through the various stages of the revolution due to these different influencing factors that occurred over …
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…celebrating the revolution and pro-revolutionary songs. Throughout the Revolution, he was the driving force of Terror and left wing radicalism, which grew extreme under his unprecedented rule in which there was no opposition to his warped mind. In conclusion, as shown clearly from the above points, the increasingly radicalisation of the French Revolution was the combination of the number of factors that lead to the gradual climbing to the radical pinnacle of the French Revolution.