French Third Republic

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The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870 to 1940, marked by parliamentary dominance, frequent changes of government, and the Dreyfus Affair, and ending with the German invasion in World War II.

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instanceOf former sovereign state
historical period
republic
alliedWith Russian Empire during World War I
United Kingdom during World War I
United States during World War I
capital Paris
characteristic frequent changes of government
strong role of political parties
weak executive power
colonialPolicy expansion of French colonial empire in Africa and Asia
constitutionalLawAdopted Constitutional Laws of 1875
constitutionalSystem parliamentary supremacy
continent Europe
country France
currency French franc
demographicCharacteristic universal male suffrage
dissolved 1940
educationPolicy secular public education reforms
enactedLaw French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905
surface form: 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
endDate 10 July 1940
endedBy Battle of France
surface form: German invasion of France in World War II
established 1870
flag French tricolour
surface form: Flag of France
governmentForm parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle President of the French Republic
historicalReputation longest-lasting French republic before the Fifth Republic
keyIssue church–state separation
legislativeBody Chamber of Deputies
Senate of France
legislature Parliament of France
surface form: French Parliament
majorPoliticalCrisis Dreyfus affair
majorPoliticalCrisisEnd 1906
majorPoliticalCrisisStart 1894
nationalMotto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
notableEducationReformer Jules Ferry
notablePresident Adolphe Thiers
Albert Lebrun
Armand Fallières
Félix Faure
Jules Grévy
Patrice de MacMahon
Raymond Poincaré
Émile Loubet
notablePrimeMinister Georges Clemenceau
Jules Ferry
Léon Gambetta
Édouard Daladier
officialLanguage French
participatedIn Franco-Prussian War
World War I
interwar period diplomacy
politicalOrientation anticlericalism
republicanism
precededBy Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
predecessorEvent Franco-Prussian War
collapse of the Second French Empire
signedTreaty Treaty of Versailles
startDate 4 September 1870
stateIdeology laïcité
succeededBy French State (Vichy regime)
Vichy
surface form: Vichy France
territorialStatus metropolitan France and colonial empire
womenSuffrageStatus women did not have the right to vote in national elections

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Isabella II of Spain placeOfDeath French Third Republic
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years setInPeriod French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third Republic France
French Empire followedBy French Third Republic
Alsace-Lorraine partOf French Third Republic
Popular Front (France) countryGoverned French Third Republic
King Alexander I placeOfDeath French Third Republic
subject surface form: King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Democratic Republican Alliance partOf French Third Republic
Democratic Republican Alliance historicalEra French Third Republic
Entente Cordiale signatory French Third Republic
1924 Winter Olympics hostNation French Third Republic
Édouard Daladier headOfGovernment French Third Republic
J’accuse…! associatedWith French Third Republic
Paris Commune opposedBy French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Versailles government
Raymond Poincaré movement French Third Republic
Kingdom of Dahomey conqueredBy French Third Republic
Georgy Lvov placeOfDeath French Third Republic
Léon Blum placeOfBirth French Third Republic
Constitution of 1931 influencedBy French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic constitutional laws
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza associatedWith French Third Republic
Bergsonianism historicalContext French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third Republic France
L’Auto era French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
L’Auto newspaper era French Third Republic
subject surface form: L’Auto
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Ubangi-Shari territory metropole French Third Republic
subject surface form: Ubangi-Shari
Nam Kỳ controlledBy French Third Republic
Treaty of Saigon (1874) signatory French Third Republic
French II Corps usedBy French Third Republic
Patrice de MacMahon era French Third Republic
French General Staff significantIn French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Compiègne Forest associatedWith French Third Republic
Labori era French Third Republic
"L’Affaire" by Jean-Denis Bredin topic French Third Republic
subject surface form: L’Affaire
AEF metropole French Third Republic
Devil’s Island associatedWith French Third Republic
Four-Power Treaty signatory French Third Republic
Armistice of 22 June 1940 signatoryState French Third Republic
Maréchal de France historicalPeriodOfUse French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third Republic
Romanian Campaign participant French Third Republic
Treaty of Huế (1884) signatory French Third Republic
Vardar Offensive belligerent French Third Republic
Fashoda Incident significantEventFor French Third Republic
Alfred Dreyfus movement French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Rhineland Pact signatory French Third Republic
First Moroccan Crisis participant French Third Republic
French Ninth Army belligerent French Third Republic
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Fall of Paris controlledByBefore French Third Republic
Armistice of Belgrade (1918) signatory French Third Republic
Ordre de l’Étoile noire historicalPeriod French Third Republic