The use of either physical (such as the aggressiveness shown by the Cheka, the Russian secret police) or political force (such as War Communism) was prevalent in both the French (Between May 1789 – 1795) and Russian (Between February 1917 – 1924) revolutions. To protect and reinforce the revolutions (which were violent overthrows of the government) leaders of the time believed that force (which is defined as the use of power) was the an option available to secure the revolution. The …showed first 75 words of 1418 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1418 total…get persuaded into counter-revolutionary thoughts. The enforcement of conscription in both revolutions also ensured that foreign and internal threats would be crushed immediately, and thus crushing any chance of a counter-revolution. However force wasn’t the only factor that guaranteed the success of the revolution, as was seen by the reaction of the citizens of France and Russia to reforms such as the N.E.P and the amendment of the Declaration of Human Rights.