French First Republic
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| Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! (Liberty, equality, brotherhood, or death!) |
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| Anthem: La Marseillaise (unofficial) | |||||
| Capital | Paris | ||||
| Language(s) | French | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
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| - 1792-1795 | National Convention (rule by legislature) | ||||
| - 1794-1799 | Directory | ||||
| - 1799-1804 | First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte | ||||
| Legislature | National Convention French Directory French Consulate |
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| History | |||||
| - Storming of the Bastille/French Revolution | 14 July 1789 | ||||
| - Execution of Louis XVI | 21 January, 1793 | ||||
| - Committee of Public Safety/Reign of Terror | 5 September 1793-28 July 1794 | ||||
| - Thermidorian Reaction | 24 July 1794 | ||||
| - Coup of 18 Brumaire | 9 November 1799 | ||||
| - Crowning of Napoleon | 18 May, 1804 | ||||
| Currency | French Franc | ||||
The French people proclaimed France on 21 September 1792 as a result of the French Revolution and of the abolition of the French monarchy. This presaged a new era of republican government(s) in Europe.
Republican government officially lasted until the establishment of the First French Empire in 1804. Its leaders included Napoleon Bonaparte, who served as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, when he ended the republic by declaring himself Emperor Napoleon I.
Constitutionally, the republic subdivides into government by:
The later period of government by the National Convention, led by Maximilien Robespierre, is also known as the Reign of Terror.
[edit] See also
- French Second Republic (1848 - 1852)
- French Third Republic (1870 - 1940)
- French Fourth Republic (1946 - 1958)
- French Fifth Republic (1958 - )
