That isn't a bad model to work off of, actually. It wouldn't be at the same scale, since tossing a weakened Republic overboard is different than tossing out an entire Ancien Regime aristocracy, but the people marching in the streets of Paris tearing out paving stones and barricading the roads is pretty par for the course as far as French uprisings go.

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