French Second Republic facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
French Republic
République française
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| 1848–1852 | |||||||||
 Great Seal
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Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" |
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Anthem: Le Chant des Girondins
"The Song of Girondists" |
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The French Republic in 1848
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| Capital | Paris | ||||||||
| Common languages | French | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism (official) Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism |
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| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic (1848–1851) Unitary authoritarian presidential republic (1851–1852) |
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| President | |||||||||
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• 1848–1852
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Prince Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte | ||||||||
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• 1849–1852
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Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
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• 1848 (first)
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Jacques-Charles Dupont | ||||||||
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• 1851 (last)
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Léon Faucher | ||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||
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| 23 February 1848 | |||||||||
| 27 April 1848 | |||||||||
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• Constitution adopted
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4 November 1848 | ||||||||
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• Coup of 1851
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2 December 1851 | ||||||||
| 2 December 1852 | |||||||||
| Currency | French Franc | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  France |
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The French Second Republic was a short-lived republican government of France under President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. It lasted from the 1848 Revolution to the 1851 coup by which the president made himself Emperor Napoleon III and started the Second Empire.
Images for kids
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The chamber of the National Assembly of the Second Republic, in 1848
See also
In Spanish: Segunda República francesa para niños
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