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French Revolution

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French Revolution
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(Historical Terms) the anticlerical and republican revolution in France from 1789 until 1799, when Napoleon seized power
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Noun1.French Revolution - the revolution in France against the BourbonsFrench Revolution - the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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One bright morning, as Rose sat down to begin a fat volume entitled "History of the French Revolution," expecting to come to great grief over the long names, Mac, who was lumbering about the room like a blind bear, stopped her by asking abruptly
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Then came the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, and the poets sang new songs.
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The hideous but beneficent French Revolution would have been deferred, or would have fallen short of completeness, or even might not have happened at all, if Marie Antoinette had made the unwise mistake of not being born.
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