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The French Revolution
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The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789
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Participants
| French society
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Location
| France
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Date
| 1789?1799
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Result
| Abolition
and replacement of the French monarchy with a radical democratic republic. Radical social change to forms based on
Enlightenment
principles of
citizenship
and
inalienable rights
.
Armed conflicts
with other European countries
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The
French Revolution
(1789?1799) was a period of
radical
social and political upheaval in
French
and
European
history. The
absolute monarchy
that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years. French
society
underwent an epic transformation as
feudal
,
aristocratic
and
religious
privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from
liberal
political groups and the
masses on the streets
. Old ideas about hierarchy and tradition succumbed to new
Enlightenment
principles of
citizenship
and
inalienable rights
.