Evaluate whether the French government upheld the ideals of the Revolution from 1789 to 1794.
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From 1789 to 1794 the French government partly upheld the Revolution's ideals by extending citizenship to Protestants, Jews and free Black men and abolishing colonial slavery, but it betrayed them by excluding women, restricting the vote, and suspending liberty and due process during the Terror.
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Berr Isaac Berr wrote in 1791 to fellow French Jews just after they were granted citizenship, so his purpose of celebrating and encouraging integration makes his letter strong evidence that the government did extend equality to some groups.
Do this for at least 2 documents to earn the sourcing point.
Show change over time (the liberal 1789–1791 phase versus the radical 1793–1794 phase), or explain how the government justified violating some ideals, like liberty, in the name of others, like equality and the nation's survival.
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