An old engraving of the street march in Paris, France 1871, protesting their opposition to the French government's decision to surrender to Germany as a betrayal by bourgeois factions, monarchists and the war-weary countryside in 1871. It is from a Victorian history book of On 18 March 1871 National Guardsmen and the revolutionary left rose up to proclaim the Paris Commune, forming a French revolutionary government that seized power in the city from until 28 May 1871.
An old engraving of the street march in Paris, France 1871, protesting their opposition to the French government's decision to surrender to Germany as a betrayal by bourgeois factions, monarchists and the war-weary countryside in 1871. It is from a Victorian history book of On 18 March 1871 National Guardsmen and the revolutionary left rose up to proclaim the Paris Commune, forming a French revolutionary government that seized power in the city from until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended Paris, and working-class radicalism grew among its soldiers. Following the establishment of the Third Republic in September 1870 (under French chief executive Adolphe Thiers from February 1871) and the defeat of the French Army by the Germans by March 1871, soldiers of the National Guard seized control of the city. They killed two French army generals and refused to accept the authority of the Third Republic, instead attempting to establish an independent government. The Commune governed Paris for two months, establishing policies that tended toward a progressive, anti-religious system of their own self-styled socialism. These policies included the separation of church and state, self-policing, the remission of rent, the abolition of child labour, and the right of employees to take over an enterprise deserted by its owner. All Catholic churches and schools were closed.
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