French Revolution

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The French Revolution was a late-18th-century upheaval in France that overthrew the monarchy, radically restructured society, and profoundly influenced modern politics, law, and concepts of citizenship and human rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political revolution
revolution
social revolution
cause American Revolution influence
financial crisis of the French monarchy
heavy taxation of the Third Estate
influence of Enlightenment ideas
social inequality under the Ancien Régime
widespread famine and bread shortages
characterizedBy mass political participation
radical social change
violence and political purges
conflict French Revolutionary Wars
country France
endDate 1799-11-09
endEvent Coup of 18 Brumaire
followedBy First French Empire
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic era
ideology liberalism
popular sovereignty
republicanism
influenced Haitian Revolution
Latin American wars of independence
modern concepts of citizenship
modern human rights discourse
subsequent European revolutions
introduced metric system in France
universal male conscription in France
universal male suffrage during the National Convention
keyDocument French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

French Constitution of 1791
French Constitution of 1793
French Constitution of 1795
keyEvent Abolition of feudalism
Coup of 18 Brumaire
French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Execution of Louis XVI
Flight to Varennes
Reign of Terror
September Massacres
Bastille Day
surface form: Storming of the Bastille

Storming of the Tuileries Palace
The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
surface form: Tennis Court Oath

Thermidorian Reaction
Women’s March on Versailles
legislativeBody Directory
Legislative Assembly
National Assembly of France
surface form: National Assembly

National Constituent Assembly
National Convention
location French provinces
Paris
Versailles
majorFaction Feuillants
Girondins
Jacobin Club
surface form: Jacobins

Montagnards
notableLeader Camille Desmoulins
Georges Danton
Jean-Paul Marat
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
opposedMonarch Louis XVI of France
Marie Antoinette
overthrew Ancien Régime
surface form: French monarchy

absolute monarchy in France
period late 18th century
precededBy Ancien Régime
religiousPolicy Civil Constitution of the Clergy
dechristianization campaign
result abolition of feudal privileges
codification of laws influencing the Napoleonic Code
end of the Ancien Régime
establishment of a republic in France
expansion of political rights for citizens
rise of secularism in France
spread of nationalism in Europe
slogan Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
startDate 1789-05-05
startEvent Estates-General of 1789
convening of the Estates-General

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Hôtel de Brienne, Paris associatedWith French Revolution
subject surface form: Hôtel de Brienne
Louis XVI of France involvedIn French Revolution
Estates-General of 1789 triggered French Revolution
Estates-General of 1789 category French Revolution
this entity surface form: Events of the French Revolution
Flight to Varennes cause French Revolution
Flight to Varennes partOf French Revolution
Execution of Louis XVI partOf French Revolution
Execution of Louis XVI historicalPeriod French Revolution
Ancien Régime endEvent French Revolution
Ancien Régime endCause French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolution of 1789
Girondins activeInPeriod French Revolution
Directory partOf French Revolution
Maximilien Robespierre movement French Revolution
Maximilien Robespierre participatedIn French Revolution
Georges Danton movement French Revolution
Georges Danton participatedIn French Revolution
Venezuelan War of Independence inspiredBy French Revolution
Convention of 1800 historicalPeriod French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary era
Women’s March on Versailles timePeriod French Revolution
Feuillants activeInPeriod French Revolution
Jean-Paul Marat movement French Revolution
Bas-Rhin createdDuring French Revolution
Battle of Valmy era French Revolution
Storming of the Tuileries Palace partOf French Revolution
Montagnards activeInPeriod French Revolution
French Constitution of 1793 draftedDuring French Revolution
Camille Desmoulins movement French Revolution
Camille Desmoulins participantIn French Revolution
Battle of Jemappes historicalPeriod French Revolution
Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign) appliesUntil French Revolution
subject surface form: Code Louis
September Massacres partOf French Revolution
French Constitution of 1795 phaseOf French Revolution
Marie Antoinette notableEvent French Revolution
Thermidorian Reaction partOf French Revolution
Civil Constitution of the Clergy partOf French Revolution
Académie royale de musique dissolved French Revolution
Battle of Fleurus (1794) era French Revolution
Legislative Assembly partOf French Revolution
Legislative Assembly legislativePeriod French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolution – constitutional monarchy phase
Francisco de Miranda participatedIn French Revolution
Joseph Priestley supported French Revolution
Bolivian War of Independence influencedBy French Revolution
Jacques-François Menou era French Revolution
French tricolour adoptionContext French Revolution
French tricolour associatedEvent French Revolution