The colonies refused to give up any of their own powers to one central authority.
The reason why <span>the turmoil of the French revolutionary years resulted in a conservative European reaction was because the voices of "liberty" during the Revolution quickly devolved into movements of terror, which did away with practically all of the liberty that was gained. </span>
The shortest lived known head of state is Jean I of France who ruled and lived for five days in 1316.
That they were done on slavery and that they believed in equal rights for all
