Civil War

Abstract

This chapter discusses the events leading up to the Revolution of 1782 in Geneva. It had been anticipated in the 1760s, because of the extent of the antagonism between the parties in Genevan politics, and the accusations levelled against one another. Many of the magistrates involved in the events of the 1760s believed that they had suffered a defeat with the compromise or pacification of 1768. They were also sure that the lesson was learned that France needed to intervene militarily to crush the anarchists and democrats among the représentants. Certainly the magistrates were prepared for civil war in 1782, in a manner that they had not been in the 1760s.