4-5. Thunderbolts

From the earliest moments of the revolution, France radically changed, and there was no going back.  The summer of 1789, brought the Great Fear and marked a particularly violent, dramatic, and notable period.  These events led to the August decrees promulgated by the National Assembly.  In a whirlwind session, the Assembly adopted a series of documents that would define the revolution.  The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, the abolition of feudalism, and ending aristocratic and religious privilege were some of the more famous work products from the decrees. The Women’s March on Versailles in October 1789, would permanently relocate the King, the Royal Family, and the National Assembly to Paris.

The early Culture Revolution period ripped through China.  The nation would never be the same.  The cult of Mao begins.  His little red book becomes popular.  Student Red Guards, with near absolute immunity, wrecked nearly everything. No part of China was spared.  By 1967, the Chinese army, or the Peoples Liberation Army, also got involved in the mayhem.  Chairman Mao again changed the course. Red Guards were now the enemy and a new rebel guard came into existence.  This time they would be armed.  Bloody civil wars in Wuhan and Shanghai proved the revolution was spinning out of control.

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