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Turgot’s ministry as Controller–General of France begins. Continues to May 1776. August 25, 1774

Two Peasants Repairing a Cart

This image of peasants repairing a cart demonstrates both the hard work done by cultivators and their fragile economic situation, which could easily be imperiled by a broken cart. Under such circumstances, poor people constantly repaired durable and…

Tyranny Tremble 1793

A very potent image associating the revolutionary war with an attack on tyrants. Contemporaries would have understood the target, "tyrants," to be the monarchs.

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U.S. Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776

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Unigenitus

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United States of America––New York––Solemn Inauguration of the Statue of Liberty

Toned down and transformed from her revolutionary past, the Statue stands for liberty, even without a pike and a Phrygian cap. Furthermore, the Statue, a gift from France and a marvel of engineering, still connotes revolution because of the…

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Uprising against the Girondins begins when sans–culottes demonstrate against the Girondin faction in the National Convention. May 31, 1793

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Uprising of Prairial (to May 23): Riots in the sections of Paris. The Convention is also invaded by demonstrators calling for bread and the enforcement of the Constitution of 1793. The army puts down these insurrections. May 20, 1795

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Uprising of Vendémiaire: Napoleon is instrumental in putting down a royalist revolt in Paris. October 5, 1795

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Vanguard of Women going to Versailles 1789

Publicity about political machinations, coupled with the continued high price of bread, mobilized market women and encouraged many men to support them. They hoped to fetch the King and his family to end attempts against the Revolution and stabilize…

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