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French First Republic
Origins
After the storming of the Tuileries in August 1792, a newly elected National Convention abolished the monarchy of the Kingdom of France on 21 September 1792 and proclaimed the Republic. Louis XVI was tried and executed in January 1793, while French armies fought Austria, Prussia and Britain.
Rule and society
Facing war and revolt, the Convention gave power to the Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre; the Terror executed thousands before his fall in July 1794. The Directory governed from 1795 amid corruption and coups. The Republic introduced the metric system, abolished feudal dues and slavery in 1794, and conquered Belgium, the Rhineland and Italy.
Decline and legacy
Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 and governed as First Consul, restoring order through the Concordat of 1801 and the Civil Code. In May 1804 the Republic was transformed into the First French Empire.
Lineage
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- Comtat Venaissin was conquered by French First Republic1791 CE
- Duchy of Savoy was conquered by French First Republic1792 CE – 1815 CE
- Free Imperial City of Worms was conquered by French First Republic1792 CE – 1797 CE
- Principality of Monaco was conquered by French First Republic1793 CE – 1814 CE
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken was conquered by French First Republic1793 CE – 1797 CE
- County of Nassau-Saarbrücken was conquered by French First Republic1793 CE – 1797 CE
- Prince-Bishopric of Basel was conquered by French First Republic1793 CE – 1797 CE
- Republic of Mainz was a protectorate of French First Republic1793 CE
- Austrian Netherlands was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE – 1797 CE
- Imperial Abbey of Thorn was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE
- Electorate of Trier was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE – 1797 CE
- Electorate of Cologne was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE – 1797 CE
- Duchy of Jülich was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE
- Imperial Abbey of Kornelimünster was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE – 1802 CE
- Free Imperial City of Aachen was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE – 1801 CE
- Free Imperial City of Cologne was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE
- Free Imperial City of Speyer was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE – 1797 CE
- County of Manderscheid-Blankenheim was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE
- Wild- and Rhinegraviate was conquered by French First Republic1794 CE
- Duchy of Bouillon was conquered by French First Republic1795 CE
- County of Luxembourg was conquered by French First Republic1795 CE
- Prince-Bishopric of Liège was conquered by French First Republic1795 CE
- Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy was conquered by French First Republic1795 CE
- Batavian Republic was a vassal of French First Republic1795 CE – 1804 CE
- Anglo-Corsican Kingdom was conquered by French First Republic1796 CE
- Bolognese Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1796 CE
- Cispadane Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1796 CE – 1797 CE
- Transpadane Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1796 CE – 1797 CE
- Republic of Venice was conquered by French First Republic1797 CE
- Cisalpine Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1797 CE – 1802 CE
- Ligurian Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1797 CE – 1804 CE
- French occupation of Egypt was a colony of French First Republic1798 CE – 1801 CE
- Old Swiss Confederacy was conquered by French First Republic1798 CE
- Republic of Geneva was conquered by French First Republic1798 CE
- Helvetic Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1798 CE – 1803 CE
- Roman Republic (1798–1799) was a protectorate of French First Republic1798 CE – 1799 CE
- Piedmontese Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1798 CE – 1799 CE
- Hospitaller Malta was conquered by French First Republic1798 CE
- Republic of Lucca was a protectorate of French First Republic1799 CE – 1805 CE
- Parthenopean Republic was a protectorate of French First Republic1799 CE
- Spanish Louisiana was a colony of French First Republic1800 CE – 1803 CE
- Kingdom of Etruria was a protectorate of French First Republic1801 CE – 1804 CE
- Italian Republic (1802–1805) was a protectorate of French First Republic1802 CE – 1804 CE
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