They immediately renounced all treaties of 1788 with France and began their agenda of creating a large standing army and a Navy Department to deal with the threat of an American-French war. ... The Republicans debated against the bills for about a month, but the Federalist had the votes. ... Edward Livingston, in opposing the bill said, "If we are ready to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? ... The administration was so incensed with Bache that they didn't wait for passage of the Sedition bill, but had him arrested for treason on June 27, 1778. ... ...

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In actuality, the French Revolution has been the cause of many bitter debates between historians of the left such as Jean Jaures who believed that the Revolution was inevitable, and those of the right such as Bernard Fay who believed it could have been avoided.3 It seems unlikely that if after twenty two decades of historians failing to reach a conclusive decision, anyone else can. ... This can clearly be reflected in the events which unfolded in September 1788 after the parliament of Paris declared that the Estates General would be constituted as it had been in 1614, giving the aristocracy tw...

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