French First Republic
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| French Republic République française |
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| Motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! Liberty, equality, brotherhood, or the death! |
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| Anthem La Marseillaise[1] |
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| Capital | Paris | |||
| Language(s) | French | |||
| Government | Republic | |||
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| - 1792–1795 | National Convention with Maximilien Robespierre leading the Convention |
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| - 1795–1799 | Directory with Paul Barras leading the Directory |
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| - 1799–1804 | Consulate with Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul |
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| Legislature | National Convention French Directory French Consulate |
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| - Storming of the Bastille and French Revolution | 14 July 1789 | |||
| - Overthrow of Louis XVI | 21 September 1792 | |||
| - Committee of Public Safety and Reign of Terror | 5 September 1793 to 28 July 1794 Abolishment of slavery 4 February 1794. |
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| - Thermidorean Reaction | 24 July 1794 | |||
| - Coup of 18 Brumaire | 9 November 1799 | |||
| - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the Senate | 18 May 1804 | |||
| Currency | French Franc | |||
The French First Republic was formed on 22 September 1792, by the newly made National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon I. This time is characterized by the fall of the monarchy, the making of the National Convention and the infamous Reign of Terror, the founding of the Directory and the Thermidorian Reaction, and finally, the making of the Consulate and Napoleon’s rise to power.
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- ↑ Mould, Michael (2011). The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French. New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-136-82573-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=x-FNTmUwfpEC&pg=PA147. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°19′59″E / 48.8666667°N 2.33306°E
