Editing Declaration of Pillnitz (section)

==Consequences==
The [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] of France interpreted the declaration to mean that Austria and Prussia were threatening the revolution, which had the result of radicalising the French revolutionaries and increasing tensions.<ref name="Britannica"/> The National Assembly voted for the French annexation of the [[Comtat Venaissin]] including [[Avignon]] from the [[Papal States]] in September 1791.<ref name="Britannica"/> Austria and Prussia concluded a defensive alliance in February 1792.<ref name="Britannica"/> Radical Frenchmen who called for war, such as [[Jacques Pierre Brissot]], used the Declaration of Pillnitz as a pretext to gain influence and declare war on 20 April 1792, leading to the [[campaigns of 1792 in the French Revolutionary Wars]].<ref>Thomas Lalevée, "[http://www.h-france.net/rude/rudevolvi/LaleveeVol6.pdf National Pride and Republican grandezza: Brissot’s New Language for International Politics in the French Revolution]", ''French History and Civilisation'' (Vol. 6), 2015, pp. 66–82.</ref>