The stated reason was to preserve and protect the French Revolution from being overthrown by Royalists and moderates.
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They were considered to be of less value as hostages than they were as symbols of the Monarchy who offered a potential threat to the French Revolution.
The French Revolution occurred because the people saw how effective the American Revolution was and they realized it was possible to change their government.
The French Revolution.
The French revolution was very, very violent! Thousands of people were murdered in the most horrifying way.
Hunger, anger, frustration, fear,
The middle class was influenced by the theories of Enilghtenment and was familiar with the recent American revolution. They took the idea of freedom and equality to heart and therefore started fighting for it. Also, the aristocrats had been chased out of France, so they feared this. The French Revolution later became very unstable with things like the CPS and the National Assembly, so people joined in fear of their lives. People were killed for not participating. It was extremely brutal.A massive French National debt crisis and an unfair and outdated tax code.