French Revolution
The late-18th-century (1789-1799) revolution in France that overthrew the monarchy and ancien régime, establishing republican principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity whose ideals influenced movements across Europe and beyond. It also drove significant social and economic changes, including the abolition of slavery.
Claims that use this term
- The ideals of the French Revolution inspired various European movements.
- Slave-trade fortunes funded the bourgeoisie who made the French Revolution
- Slave wealth funded the very French Revolution that freed slaves
- Without slave revolt, the French Revolution would not have abolished slavery
- Marxism synthesizes the Reformation plus the French Revolution into a unified theory
- De Maistre saw the French Revolution as a purifying blood sacrifice