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The aftermath of the French Revolution, i.e. the Ascendancy of Napoleon, had a fundamental effect on the development of the modern British Navy, modern British conceptions of Euro-skepticism, the establishment of the British Empire, and the cessation of British-Spanish conflicts.

As for the Revolution itself, it had little effect in Britain since much of what the French were fighting for had already been achieved in the United Kingdom nearly two centuries earlier. These things included: increased representation, removal from crushing taxation, and the end of a Caste System (the estates).

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