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French First Republic

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French Republic

République française
1792–1804
Banner o France, Republic 1
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Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort!
Liberty, equality, britherhuid, or Daith!
French First Republic (1801)
French First Republic (1801)
CaipitalParis
Common leidsFrench
GovrenmentRepublic
Assembly 
 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
LegislaturNaitional Convention
French Directory
French Consulate
History 
14 Julie 1789
21 September 1792
5 September 1793 to
28 Julie 1794
4 Februar 1794
24 Julie 1794
9 November 1799
 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor bi the Senate
18 Mey 1804
CurrencyLivres, Francs, Assignats
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
Kinrick o France (1791–1792)
First French Empire

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.

References

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  1. Mould, Michael (2011). The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French. New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-136-82573-6. Retrieved 23 November 2011.