French First Republic
In the history o Fraunce, the First Republic, offeecially the French Republic (French: République française), wis foondit on 22 September 1792, bi the newly established Naitional Convention. The First Republic lastit till the declaration o the First French Empire in 1804 unner Napoleon I. This period wis characterized bi the faw o the monarchy, the establishment o the Naitional Convention an the infamous Reign o Terror, the foondin o the Directory an the Thermidorian Reaction, an finally, the creation o the Consulate an Napoleon’s rise tae pouer.
French Republic République française | |||||||||
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| 1792–1804 | |||||||||
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Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! Liberty, equality, britherhuid, or Daith! | |||||||||
 French First Republic (1801) | |||||||||
| Caipital | Paris | ||||||||
| Common leids | French | ||||||||
| Govrenment | Republic | ||||||||
| Assembly | |||||||||
• 1792–1795 | Naitional Convention wi Maximilien Robespierre leadin the Convention | ||||||||
• 1795–1799 | Directory wi Paul Barras leadin the Directory | ||||||||
• 1799–1804 | Consulate wi Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul | ||||||||
| Legislatur | Naitional Convention French Directory French Consulate | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 14 Julie 1789 | |||||||||
| 21 September 1792 | |||||||||
| 5 September 1793 to 28 Julie 1794 | |||||||||
| 4 Februar 1794 | |||||||||
| 24 Julie 1794 | |||||||||
| 9 November 1799 | |||||||||
| 18 Mey 1804 | |||||||||
| Currency | Livres, Francs, Assignats | ||||||||
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References
eedit- ↑ Mould, Michael (2011). The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French. New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-136-82573-6. Retrieved 23 November 2011.