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The first French Revolution of 1789 saw the emergence of the middle classes as a political and economic force, in opposition to the aristocracy; but the consolidation of that power, after a succession of regimes (the First Republic: Convention, Directory, Consulate; Napoleon's First Empire; the restored Bourbon monarchy in 1814), came only in 1830, with the coronation of Louis-Philippe after a second Revolution. Read the first page
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