Why did Alexis think the French Revolution failed?
Deputies were wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals
Lack of financial support
Lack of military support
Lack of public support
Answer
According to Alexis de Tocqueville, one of the main reasons the French Revolution failed was because the deputies who were elected to the National Assembly were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals. They had a utopian vision of society that was not based in reality, and they were unable to compromise with each other or to work together to build a stable government.
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