The French Revolution was a series of political acts that began in 1789 by reformers in the French Government to take away the absolute power of the King and rich landowners and form a Government elected by the people of France (a Republic). During this period the state's financial crisis brought a social turmoil, triggering the Revolution. The slogan of this Revolution was 'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity". On July 14th, a Parisian mob revolted and stormed the Bastille, symbol of the old regime, and overthrew the monarchy.

A few weeks later, the revolutionaries enacted the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen". All Frenchmen were declared equal and free. Public offices and employment opportunities were open to all. By 1793, several groups had formed within the Government. Louis XVI was guillotined. The Terror regime of Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety brought turmoil, confusion and anarchy in France. The Revolution ends in1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris and was crowned the First Consul. Napoleon, a brilliant politician and a military genius was crowned the Emperor of France in 180

In July 1830, Charles X, conservatism was a reminiscence of the old regime which lead to Pro-Republic Revolution. Legislature preferred a constitutional monarchy hence Louis Phillipe was elected the King following July Monarchy. He ruled France for about 18 years with stable prosperity. In 1848 there was a revolution, which has been called a result without a cause; more properly, it might be called a result out of proportion to its cause. In 1848, Louis Napoleon was elected the first President of the Second Republic. In 1852, he became the Emperor Napoleon III. In 1870, the Franco-Prussian War erupted; France lost some part of it to the Germans. Following the defeat Napoleon III was exiled and France established Third Republic.

In 1894 'Dreyfus Affair' took place, which gave rise to an Ideological Revolution in France. In 1905 there was parliamentary stability since the 'Dreyfus Affair' had ended and justice had been served. Dreyfus was brought back into the Army from Devil' Island. During all this France went through a major Industrial Revolution which benefited its economic condition. The internal Revolution did not slow the Industrial Revolution. From 1896 to 1914 industrial outputs rose impressively, exports increased by 75 percent, prices returned to the pre-slump level. France was at war in 1914 against Germany. This had a negative effect on the economy. In 1928 France was facing a Great Depression. In 1930s there was an intense fermentation of political and social thought; dozens of study groups and movements sprang up in Paris, seeking or preaching doctrines of drastic renovation and structures of government.

In 1940, the Germans invaded Paris and occupied the northwestern parts of France until 1944. The rest of the country was under the authority of the puppet Government of Vichy led by Marshal Petain. At the same time, General Charles de Gaulle was organizing the Resistance movement of the Free France from London. Soon after the American

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