French-revolution meaning

The definition of the French Revolution is an uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic.

An example of the French Revolution is the storming of the Bastille by the French citizens.

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The revolution of the people against the monarchy in France: it began in 1789, resulted in the establishment of a republic, and ended in 1799 with the Consulate under Napoleon.
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A period in France of radical social and political upheaval which saw the country change from a monarchy to a democratic republic (1789-1799).
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French-revolution Sentence Examples

  • But there was no sudden change in the position of the courts Christian till the French Revolution.

  • CLUB OF THE FEUILLANTS, a political association which played a prominent part during the French Revolution.

  • The European ferment of ideas which preceded the French Revolution expressed itself in men like Alfieri, the fierce denouncer of tyrants, Beccaria, the philosopher of criminal jurisprudence, Volta, the physicist, and numerous political economists of Tuscany.

  • For the period of the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars see F.

  • During the French Revolution his manuscripts passed to the library at Douai.

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