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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El siglo de las luces historicalContext French Revolution
Explosion in a Cathedral narrativeFocus French Revolution
royal white flag of France usedUntil French Revolution
Conseil du Roi abolishedBy French Revolution
The Terror locatedInTime French Revolution
Jacques Hébert participantIn French Revolution
Marquis de Bouillé participantIn French Revolution
Marquis de Bouillé causeOfExile French Revolution
Prince of the Blood (France) declinedAfter French Revolution
Grand Veneur de France existedUntil French Revolution
Couvent des Feuillants usedDuring French Revolution
Couvent des Feuillants historicalPeriod French Revolution
Couvent des Feuillants associatedWithEvent French Revolution
Do You Hear the People Sing? associatedWith French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolution (as depicted in Les Misérables)
François de Neufchâteau movement French Revolution
François de Neufchâteau era French Revolution
Charles de Lameth participatedIn French Revolution
French Revolutionary Army ideology French Revolution
French Revolutionary Army timePeriod French Revolution
Jura department createdDuring French Revolution
subject surface form: Jura (department)
Alexandre de Mandat de Grancey notableEvent French Revolution
Alexandre de Mandat de Grancey era French Revolution
Army of the Orient historicalEra French Revolution
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary era
Simón influencedBy French Revolution
subject surface form: Simón Bolívar
Ardèche department createdDuring French Revolution
Isaac Le Chapelier movement French Revolution
Isaac Le Chapelier participatedIn French Revolution
Claude-Louis Berthollet participatedIn French Revolution
Maison royale de Saint-Louis dissolved French Revolution
citizen Louis Capet usedNameDuring French Revolution
subject surface form: Citizen Louis Capet
citizen Louis Capet historicalPeriod French Revolution
subject surface form: Citizen Louis Capet
Lucile Desmoulins movement French Revolution
Lucile Desmoulins participantIn French Revolution
The Prelude influencedBy French Revolution
this entity surface form: The French Revolution
Louis XVII of France associatedEvent French Revolution
Montmédy timeOfHistoricalSignificance French Revolution
Nicolas-Jacques Conté era French Revolution
Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud participatedIn French Revolution
Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud era French Revolution
Antoine Richepanse movement French Revolution
Armand-Gaston Camus participatedIn French Revolution
His Most Christian Majesty usedUntilEvent French Revolution
Duke of Penthièvre connectedToEvent French Revolution
Haute-Saône createdDuring French Revolution
Madame Élisabeth of France participatedIn French Revolution
Madame Élisabeth of France era French Revolution
Charles-François Dumouriez era French Revolution
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert era French Revolution
Dominique Joseph Garat participatedIn French Revolution