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The French Revolution was a period of social upheaval within France, leading to the execution of Louis XVI, the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of the French Republic. This period also included the Great Fear led by those in the countryside, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Reign of Terror led by Maximilien de Robespierre and Napoleon's eventual coup to begin the Napoleonic era.
The French Revolution was a period of social upheaval within France, leading to the execution of Louis XVI, the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of the French Republic. This period also included the Great Fear led by those in the countryside, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Reign of Terror led by Maximilien de Robespierre and Napoleon's eventual coup to begin the Napoleonic era.
