How effectively did Pitt deal with the internal problems caused by the French Revolution?
… it had done before the problem arose. However, some people argue that Pitt dealt with the internal problems of the French Revolution ineffectively. If he dealt with them ineffectively, then they would have weakened his administration in some way, be it Pitt’s reputation suffering, his support in Parliament decreasing, or general public opinion against him. Pitt could be seen as having dealt with the internal problems effectively in various ways. Firstly, there was the problem of a number of radical societies and groups. Pitt passed his 6 acts that were able to suppress the radical societies in Britain. There was large support for these in Parliament. Few arrests were made on the basis of these 6 acts. This could have been because people were afraid of the punishments that might befall them if they broke the law, and so weren’t prepared to risk radical actions. However, the few arrests could also …
