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"A widespread and influential movement in painting and the other visual arts that began in the 1760s reached its height in the 1780s and '90s and lasted until the 1840s and '50s" Link text
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"A period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates-General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799." Link text
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coup d'état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte
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(1)A fierce attack on despotism and its spiritual bastion, the Catholic Church;
(2) Outlook and description of the future social blueprint;
(3) The ideological liberation movement, which lasted for nearly a century, opened the minds of the people and made ideological and theoretical preparations for the European and American revolutions;
(4) The movement spread to the world and became a powerful social trend of thought, contributing to the struggle for national liberation -
Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French
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The series of revolutionary events ended the July Monarchy (1830–1848) and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. It was part of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe.Link text