French Revolution
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Held each year on 14 July, the national holiday marks the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789, a key event from the French Revolution.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But Mr. Popkin has shown how much the abolition debate mattered at every stage of the French Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Mr. Auslin describes how, in the 1790s, party conflict and the shadow of the French Revolution made the Declaration, especially its claim that all men are created equal, “more divisive than it was unifying.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The institution was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 to promote economic recovery after the French Revolution.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Jefferson went on to acknowledge that Adams’s critical perspective on the French Revolution had been a major source of his unpopularity.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
