French First Republic

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The French First Republic was the revolutionary government of France from 1792 to 1804, marked by the overthrow of the monarchy, the Reign of Terror, and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state
historical polity
republic
capital Paris
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Year VIII
French Constitution of 1793
French Constitution of 1795
country France
currency French franc (Latin Monetary Union)
surface form: French franc

French livre
endTime 1804-05-18
establishedDuring French Revolution
event Coup of 18 Brumaire
Thermidorian Reaction
surface form: Coup of 9 Thermidor

Reign of Terror
War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
executiveBody Committee of Public Safety
Consulate
Directory
flagUsed tricolour flag of France
followed Constitutional Kingdom of France (1791–1792)
Kingdom of France
surface form: Kingdom of France (Ancien Régime)
followedBy First French Empire
governmentForm republican government
revolutionary government
headOfState Consuls of France
Directory (collective)
National Convention
surface form: National Convention (collective)
historicalEra The Age of Revolution
surface form: Age of Revolution
ideology Jacobin Club
surface form: Jacobinism

republicanism
revolutionary liberalism
legislature Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred

National Convention
monarchyAbolishedOn 1792-09-21
motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
notableLeader Georges Danton
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Paul Barras (initially)
surface form: Paul Barras
officialLanguage French
reasonForEnd proclamation of the First French Empire
religiousPolicy Civil Constitution of the Clergy
surface form: Civil Constitution of the Clergy (continuation of its effects)

dechristianization campaign
startTime 1792-09-22
territoryIncludes Belgium
surface form: Belgium (annexed territories)

Left Bank of the Rhine
surface form: Left Bank of the Rhine (annexed territories)

Metropolitan France
surface form: metropolitan France

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François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers allegiance French First Republic
Armies of the French Revolution and Empire partOf French First Republic
Louis Desaix allegiance French First Republic
French National Convention established French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
Presidency of John Adams conflictWith French First Republic
Presidency of John Adams treatyWith French First Republic
André Masséna allegiance French First Republic
Kingdom of France successor French First Republic
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas allegiance French First Republic
Directory (France) appliesToJurisdiction French First Republic
French Republican Calendar usedIn French First Republic
Committee of Public Safety appliesToJurisdiction French First Republic
Committee of Public Safety era French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
Plain (La Plaine) historicalRegion French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
Jean-Baptiste Carrier executedBy French First Republic
National Assembly influencedBy French First Republic
subject surface form: National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
Antoine Barnave countryOfDeath French First Republic
Army of the Rhine allegiance French First Republic
Preliminaries of Leoben countryInvolved French First Republic
Georges Couthon executedBy French First Republic
Corfu historicalRuler French First Republic
President of the Council of Five Hundred country French First Republic
Republicanism inspired French First Republic
Heptanese governedHistoricallyBy French First Republic
Armistice of Alessandria signatory French First Republic
Battle of Novi belligerent French First Republic
Peace of Basel between France and Spain signatory French First Republic
Republic of Venice dissolvedBy French First Republic
County of Hainaut successor French First Republic
Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc allegiance French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
Bourbon monarchy followedBy French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
Jacques-Pierre Brissot deathPlace French First Republic
Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 historicalPeriod French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
Cult of the Supreme Being locatedIn French First Republic
Peter Ott opponent French First Republic
François Étienne de Kellermann allegiance French First Republic
Madame Roland placeOfDeath French First Republic
National Guardsmen locatedIn French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
French campaign in the Low Countries belligerent French First Republic
Louis-Nicolas Davout allegiance French First Republic
this entity surface form: First French Republic
Law of 22 Prairial country French First Republic
Revolutionary Tribunal appliesToJurisdiction French First Republic
Jean-Baptiste Drouet associatedWith French First Republic
Cisalpine Republic establishedBy French First Republic