French Second Republic
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The French Second Republic, officially the French Republic, was the second republican formation of the government of France. The republic existed from 1848, when the monarchy fell, until its dissoluti
Revolutionaries storming the Chamber of Deputies on 24 February
The members of the Provisional Government of 1848
Barricades on rue Faubourg-du-Temple, 25 June 1848. These are the first barricades ever photographed
The chamber of the National Assembly of the Second Republic, in 1848
The Mountain (1849)
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The Mountain, with its members collectively called Democratic Socialists, was a political group of the French Second Republic.
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin led The Mountain of 1849
Members of The Mountain at the National constituent assembly in 1848