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France: From the Liberal Empire to the Third Republic

France: From the Liberal Empire to the Third Republic. Prologue. After 1851 coup, Napoleon III controls the media and all aspects of government. From 1850 on Napoleon III changes his policies such as f ree trade, press laws, and labor unions.

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France: From the Liberal Empire to the Third Republic

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  1. France: From the Liberal Empire to the Third Republic

  2. Prologue • After 1851 coup, Napoleon III controls the media and all aspects of government. • From 1850 on Napoleon III changes his policies such as free trade, press laws, and labor unions. • By 1860 diplomacy with the Italian unification had been lost. • From 1861 to 1867 Napoleon III supported an expedition that ended in defeat.

  3. Prologue cont. • Prussia and Bismarck reorganize the German states in 1866 • War breaks out in 1870 between France and Germany • The end of the war is reached at the Battle of Sedan (1870) with the Second Empire in ruins

  4. The Paris Commune • Adolfphe Thiers gains executive power and negotiates the Treaty of Frankfurt on May 23 • A new municipal government is enacted on March 28, 1871 involving radicals and socialists alike • The National Assembly Sends troops to stop the Commune in May. • They end up destroying the cities defenses and killing 20,000 people.

  5. The Third Republic • The French monarchs were forced into a republic because they could not find a suitable heir to the throne • The count of Chambord was nominated king but wouldn’t take it if France kept the Tricolor flag

  6. Third Republic cont. • Prussian troops withdraw from France in 1873 • Adolphe Thiers was ousted because of his republican sentiments • Marshal Patrice MacMahon is appointed to replace Thiers and to prepare for a monarchist restoration. • After not finding a king, the monarchs decided to regularize the government

  7. Third Republic cont. • A Chamber of Deputies is created that is elected by universal male suffrage • A senate is indirectly chosen and a president is elected by two legislative houses • After fighting with the Chamber of Deputies, MacMahon resigns in 1879

  8. The Dreyfus Affair • December 22, 1894- French military court finds Capitan Alfred Dreyfus guilty of passing secret information to the Germans. • The evidence against him was later found to be forged • Other officers were passing information and Dreyfus was Jewish so they set him up. • The public was in arms stating that Dreyfus was guilty because he was Jewish

  9. The Dreyfus Affair cont. • Emile Zola publishes J’accusein 1898 that states that du process was denied to Dreyfus and demanded a retrial • The officer who passed the secrets kills himself in jail in August, 1898 • The president of France pardons Dreyfus after another trial finds him guilty again

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