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The third French Republic.
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The third French Republic. Defeat on the Franco-Prussian War signalled the end of the Second French Empire. With Napoleon III abdication following the battle of Sedan, France's political future was a little unstable, as napoleon III ad left no clear successor. The Third French Republic was declared by the National Assembly and led by Adolphe Theirs. However at the time of its proclamation it had no legal backing and as a subsequent election showed the majority of Frenchmen favoured a restoration of the monarchy, but as loyalties were divided between three rival candidates, the republican government came to be seen as the form of government that "divided Frenchmen least". One of the first tasks of the this new administration was to end the war with Germany as quickly as possible which it did with the Treaty of Frankfurt, 1871. Its terms were harsh with the Surrender of Alsace-Lorraine, an area rich...
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