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On August 26, 1792, during the early stages of the French Revolution, the National Assembly of France granted honorary French Citizenship to "men who, through their Writings and their Courage, have Served the Cause of liberty and prepared the freedom of the people.
A main reason that the age of revolutions initially failed to achieve widespread change in some nations of Europe was because many of these failed revolutions took place in the "backyards" of their mother countries--meaning that they were easily taken down with military power.
