The republic proclaimed during the French Revolution, which abolished the monarchy and governed France through the Terror, Thermidorian reaction, and Directory until Napoleon's coup.
Ended on 18 May 1804 when the French Senate granted Napoleon the title of Emperor, formally beginning the First French Empire; although the state was still nominally called the 'French Republic' until 1808, the republican government was effectively dissolved.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for First French Republic — the shape you scrub through changes in 1792 · 1798.
The standard scholarly survey of the Revolutionary period in English — essential background.
Primary/contemporary source written in 1790 during the Revolution — the era's most influential firsthand critique.
Major narrative era history of the Revolution that produced the First French Republic.
Dickens's novel is set during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, the founding years of the First Republic.