The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a pivotal period in the history of France, Europe and Western civilization. During this time, republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the country\'s Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo a radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the First Republic fell to a coup d\'état, the Revolution is widely seen as a major turning point in the history of Western democracy—from the age of absolutism and aristocracy, to the age of the citizenry as the dominant political force.
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1 Causes
2 Proto-revolutionary activity
3 History
3.1 The Estates-General of 1789
3.2 Assembly
3.3 The National Constituent Assembly
3.3.1 The Storming of the Bastille
3.3.2 The Abolition of Feudalism
3.3.3 Dechristianisation
3.3.4 The Appearance of Factions
3.3.5 Toward a Constitution
3.3.6 Toward the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
3.3.7 From the......
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