French Republic République française | |||||||||
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1792–1804 | |||||||||
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Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! Liberty, equality, britherhuid, or Daith! | |||||||||
![]() French First Republic (1801) | |||||||||
Caipital | Paris | ||||||||
Common leids | French | ||||||||
Govrenment | Republic | ||||||||
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• 1792–1795 | Naitional Convention wi Maximilien Robespierre leadin the Convention | ||||||||
• 1795–1799 | Directory wi Paul Barras leadin the Directory | ||||||||
• 1799–1804 | Consulate wi Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul | ||||||||
Legislatur | Naitional Convention French Directory French Consulate | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Stormin o the Bastille an French Revolution | 14 Julie 1789 | ||||||||
• Owerthrow o Louis XVI | 21 September 1792 | ||||||||
• Committee o Public Safety an Reign o Terror | 5 September 1793 to 28 Julie 1794 | ||||||||
• (First) Aboleetion o sclavery | 4 Februar 1794 | ||||||||
• Thermidorean Reaction | 24 Julie 1794 | ||||||||
• Coup o 18 Brumaire | 9 November 1799 | ||||||||
• Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor bi the Senate | 18 Mey 1804 | ||||||||
Currency | Livres, Francs, Assignats | ||||||||
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In the history o Fraunce, the First Republic, offeecially the French Republic (French: République française), wis foondit on 22 September 1792, bi the newly established Naitional Convention. The First Republic lastit till the declaration o the First French Empire in 1804 unner Napoleon I. This period wis characterized bi the faw o the monarchy, the establishment o the Naitional Convention an the infamous Reign o Terror, the foondin o the Directory an the Thermidorian Reaction, an finally, the creation o the Consulate an Napoleon’s rise tae pouer.