1. The Defeat of Napoleon
... of a few months, Napoleon became downright unpopular. The nation wanted peace, and was rapidly coming to the conclusion that its master did not want to give it. With a running commentary from the royalists, the allied proclamation was having its effect. There was no thought of preferring the Bourbons to Napoleon, for they symbolized the Ancient Régime; but the French were weary and discouraged, and they began ... to offer passive resistance- the only right he had left them. The malcontents, who had been growing in number since 1812 ... , were now beyond computation. People stopped payin...
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