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.
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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! |
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 French First Republic (1801) |
Caipital | Paris |
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Common leids | French |
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Govrenment | Republic |
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• 1792–1795 | Naitional Convention wi Maximilien Robespierre leadin the Convention |
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• 1795–1799 | Directory wi Paul Barras leadin the Directory |
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• 1799–1804 | Consulate wi Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul |
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Legislatur | Naitional Convention French Directory French Consulate |
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| 14 Julie 1789 |
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| 21 September 1792 |
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• Committee o Public Safety an Reign o Terror | 5 September 1793 to 28 Julie 1794 |
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• (First) Aboleetion o sclavery | 4 Februar 1794 |
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• Thermidorean Reaction | 24 Julie 1794 |
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• Coup o 18 Brumaire | 9 November 1799 |
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• Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor bi the Senate | 18 Mey 1804 |
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Currency | Livres, Francs, Assignats |
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Precedit bi | Succeedit bi |
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Kinrick o France (1791–1792) |
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