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  2. French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, [1] while its values and institutions ...

  3. Symbolism in the French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The national emblem of France depicts a fasces, representing justice. Fasces, like many other symbols of the French Revolution, are Roman in origin. Fasces are a bundle of birch rods containing a sacrificial axe. In Roman times, the fasces symbolized the power of magistrates, representing union and accord with the Roman Republic.

  4. Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention - Wikipedia

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    The revolt of Lyon against the National Convention was a counter-revolutionary movement in the city of Lyon during the time of the French Revolution. It was a revolt of moderates against the more radical National Convention, the third government during the French Revolution. It broke out in June 1793 [1] and was put down in October of the same ...

  5. Assignat - Wikipedia

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    France. Assignats were paper money ( fiat currency) authorized by the Constituent Assembly in France from 1789 to 1796, during the French Revolution, to address imminent bankruptcy. They were originally backed by the value of properties now held by the nation; those of the crown taken over on 7 October, and those of the Catholic Church, which ...

  6. Réveillon riots - Wikipedia

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    'The Oxford History of the French Revolution' by William Doyle ISBN 0-19-285221-3 ^ SafariX Textbooks Online – SafariX is now CourseSmart Archived 9 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine ^ Sir Archibald Alison (1848).

  7. Girondins - Wikipedia

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    The Girondins ( US: / ( d) ʒɪˈrɒndɪnz / ji-RON-dinz, zhi-, [3] French: [ʒiʁɔ̃dɛ̃] ⓘ ), or Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution. From 1791 to 1793, the Girondins were active in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention. Together with the Montagnards, they initially were part of the Jacobin movement.

  8. Causes of the French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Causes of the French Revolution. Storming of the Bastille. There is significant disagreement among historians of the French Revolution as to its causes. Usually, they acknowledge the presence of several interlinked factors, but vary in the weight they attribute to each one. These factors include cultural changes, normally associated with the ...

  9. Boston Scientific - Wikipedia

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    Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC), headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and incorporated in Delaware, is a biomedical/biotechnology engineering firm and multinational manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medical specialties, including interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention ...

  10. Patriotic Society of 1789 - Wikipedia

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    The Society of 1789 ( French: Club de 1789 ), or the Patriotic Society of 1789 (French: Société patriotique de 1789 ), was a political club of the French Revolution inaugurated during a festive banquet held at Palais-Royal in May 13, 1790 [3] by more moderate elements of the Club Breton. [4] At their height of influence, it was the second ...

  11. Liberalism and radicalism in France - Wikipedia

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    1848: the French Revolution of 1848, which ended the Orléans monarchy (since 1830) and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. In France, as in much of Southern Europe, the term liberal was used during the 19th century either to refer to the traditional liberal anti-clericalism or economic liberalism .