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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Seine-Maritime createdAsDepartment French Revolution
Treaties of the Kingdom of France endTime French Revolution
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Bertrand Barère movement French Revolution
Bertrand Barère participatedIn French Revolution
Martin-Dauch historicalPeriod French Revolution
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French Republican Calendar follows French Revolution
Committee of Public Safety timePeriod French Revolution
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Plain (La Plaine) politicalSystemContext French Revolution
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National Assembly influencedBy French Revolution
subject surface form: National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
The Old Regime and the Revolution historicalEventDescribed French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolution of 1789
Antoine Barnave movement French Revolution
Antoine Barnave historicalPeriod French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolution era
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne movement French Revolution
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Bishopric of Ypres suppressedByEvent French Revolution
Preliminaries of Leoben historicalPeriod French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolution era
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Henri de Saint-Simon influencedBy French Revolution
Collège de Navarre dissolved French Revolution
Georges Couthon participantIn French Revolution
Charles Leclerc era French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary era
Liberty Cap associatedWith French Revolution
Aisne createdBy French Revolution
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just movement French Revolution
Lafayette participatedIn French Revolution
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Bourbon realms notableEvent French Revolution
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne movement French Revolution