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During the '''French Revolution''' (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the French sector of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the First Republic fell to a coup d'état by [[Napoléon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ancien régime, and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It is widely seen as a major turning point in continental European history, from the age of absolutism to that of the citizenry, and even of the masses, as the dominant political force. | During the '''French Revolution''' (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the French sector of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the First Republic fell to a coup d'état by [[Napoléon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ancien régime, and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It is widely seen as a major turning point in continental European history, from the age of absolutism to that of the citizenry, and even of the masses, as the dominant political force. | ||
| − | The French and Haitian Revolutions are interconnected in many ways and one might say that it was [[Toussaint Louverture]]'s genius that enabled him to lead Haiti toward | + | The French and Haitian Revolutions are interconnected in many ways and one might say that it was [[Toussaint Louverture]]'s genius that enabled him to lead the rebels in [[Saint-Domingue]] (later renamed [[Haiti]]) toward their final victory over France through successful military, political and diplomatic navigation of the upheavals of the outgoing 18th century. |
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Revision as of 00:07, 27 November 2005
During the French Revolution (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the French sector of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the First Republic fell to a coup d'état by Napoléon Bonaparte, the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ancien régime, and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It is widely seen as a major turning point in continental European history, from the age of absolutism to that of the citizenry, and even of the masses, as the dominant political force.
The French and Haitian Revolutions are interconnected in many ways and one might say that it was Toussaint Louverture's genius that enabled him to lead the rebels in Saint-Domingue (later renamed Haiti) toward their final victory over France through successful military, political and diplomatic navigation of the upheavals of the outgoing 18th century.
Reference
- Wikipedia: The French Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
External link
- The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by F.A.M. Mignet (1824) - full text of book on the French Revolution. (online publication).
