title: The French Revolution: 1770-1814
author:  Francois Furet 
description: Reviews of the parent volume <i>Revolutionary France 1770-1880:</i>
zlib_text: The French Revolution 
  and Napoleon  1789–1815
  Section 1 The French Revolution Begins 
  Section 2 Radical Revolution
  Section 3 The Age of Napoleon
  FRANCE
  THE WORLD
  1790
  1800
  MAKING CONNECTIONS 
  What makes a nation?
  The Arc de Triomphe is one of the national symbols of France. It was 
  commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to commemorate his Grand Army. 
  Can you name some other national symbols of France? In this chapter 
  you will learn how France became a nation.
  • What are some national symbols of the United States?
  • What are the characteristics of a nation?
  • What is nationalism?
  1789
  George Washington 
  inaugurated as first 
  U.S. president
  1793
  King Louis XVI 
  executed; Reign of 
  Terror begins 
  1799
  Napoleon leads coup 
  d’état that topples 
  French government
  1803
  United States 
  purchases Louisiana 
  Territory from France
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  1789
  French 
  Revolution 
  begins
  Bridgeman-Giraudon/Art Resource, NY,  John Lamb/Getty Images
  
  1815
  Identifying Create a 
  Four-Door Book to 
  record who, what, 
  when, and