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Why is it that the French Revolution of 1789 which took place over a (relatively) short period of time treated as a much more violent chaotic Revolution than the American Revolution which lasted nearly a decade and cost tens if not hundreds of thousands their lives?

by /u/AclockworkWalrus in /r/AskHistorians

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