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TBH History French Revolution Part 2: The Disaster of Utopia

Almost every revolution in history failed to achieve its goals. Most of them led to a worse tyranny than the one they tried to overthrow, but one exception is the American Revolution. In this video, we explore how a ragtag group of patriots came together to defeat the mightiest empire on earth and create the world's first large-scale republic.