HIST 274 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monarchy Of The United Kingdom, Responsible Government, Hippolyte Taine
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Hist 274: cultural history of modern france, feb 9, 2017. Franco-prussian war: july 1870 war with france; sedan, aug 1870, bismarck wanted to create the north german confederation, france did not want this to happen, bismarck insulted napoleon iii to make him start a war. It should have tried to retreat and regroup: napoleon refused, claiming it would hurt his dignity as a. Guard: thiers ordered his troops out of paris, paris now called itself the commune of paris, created a communal out of all parties on march 26, 1871, went back to old calendar and adopted a plain red flag. If you supported the commune, you were executed or tried. If you lost your trial, you were sent to a penal camp: 3. In may 1873, they forced thiers to resign. In 1879 after the election, republicans completely won and.