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French Revolution
Ten years that ended a monarchy and remade a nation, 1789–1799.
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The declarations, constitutions and laws that remade France.
Document
26 Aug
1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Seventeen articles that turned subjects into citizens
Document
3 Sept
1791
Constitution of 1791
A king under the law, for eleven months
Document
25 Jul
1792
Brunswick Manifesto
The allied threat that turned Paris against its king
Document
17 Sept
1793
Law of Suspects
The law that filled the prisons of the Terror
Document
10 Jun
1794
Law of 22 Prairial
No counsel, no witnesses and one penalty: the law of the Great Terror