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    It was the start, because even if Emperor’s went back, installed by foreign powers, they were heavily checked by other institutions, and removed again and again by the citizens of france. It ended effectively the age of absolutism and started democratic movements.

    So yes, it was definitely important for democracies in Europe, a land entranced in absolutists kingdoms