Describe the contribution of the French Revolution to the world history?

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The French Revolution was a turning point in French and even to world history.
It was the first time a population revolted against the Monarchy and established a Republic.
Until today, a lot of texts and symbols remain from this glorious time.
France is still using:
-The French constitution called the "Declaration of the rights of man and citizen" written by the revolutionaries in 1789.
- The French flag created in 1789.
- The Marseillaise, France National anthem, written in 1792.
- The Republic (even if Napoleon ruined it after the Revolution), people of France had a taste of freedom in 1792.
- The French motto, written in every city hall France since the Revolution: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".or The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years.French society underwent an epic transformation as feudal, aristocratic, and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from liberal political groups and the masses on the streets. Old ideas about hierarchy and tradition succumbed to new Enlightenment principles of citizenship and inalienable rights.The French Revolution began in 1789 with the convocation of the Estates-General in May. The first year of the Revolution witnessed members of the Third Estate proclaiming the Tennis Court Oath in June, the assault on the Bastille in July, the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August, and an epic march on Versailles that forced the royal court back to Paris in October.The next few years were dominated by tensions between various liberal assemblies and a conservative monarchy intent on thwarting major reforms.A republic was proclaimed in September 1792 and King Louis XVI was executed the next year. External threats also played a dominant role in the development of the Revolution.The French Revolutionary Wars started in 1792 and ultimately featured spectacular French victories that facilitated the conquest of the Italian peninsula, the Low Countries, and most territories west of the Rhine achievements that had defied previous french governments for centuries. Internally, popular sentiments radicalized the Revolution significantly, culminating in the brutal Reign of Terror from 1793 until 1794.After the fall of Robespierre and the Jacobins, the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799, when it was replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon Bonaparte!The modern era has unfolded in the shadow of the French Revolution. The growth of republics and liberal democracies, the spread of secularism, the development of modern ideologies, and the invention of total war all mark their birth during the Revolution.Subsequent events that can be traced to the Revolution include the Napoleonic Wars, two separate restorations of the monarchy, and two additional revolutions as modern France took shape. In the following century, France would be governed at one point or another as a republic, constitutional monarchy, and two different empires.The French revolution sent shock waves through the European monarchy. It left them all wondering who would be the next to be depose in a revolution.
How does it effect on our country? Many people around the world were affected by the french revolution not just England. It changed the way that people thought about being run by a monarchy or a royal family. People started to realise that this was not the way that many countries should have been run and wanted a change. The main reason Australia is a democracy today was because of the french revolution and fight against the monarchy.

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