The Third Republic Of France

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‘The Third Republic lasted so long because it attracted the active support of the majority of Frenchmen.’ Discuss. Word count: 1950 A nation which has been ruled for a long time by monarchs, France became a republic and tried to survive even though there were many problems during its 70 years, from 1870 – 1940. There are many reasons why this system of government endured all the issues that came up in this vast amount of time. Mostly because of the French population and their support to the Third Republic, of course, one of the reason why they let this regime to continue is because of the things that the republic did, the areas they tried to improve. Naturally, there was a fair amount of plain luck; what the previous powers had achieved the wish to live in peace without wars and major conflicts. Although, at this time the government was extremely fragile and changed quite often, it was still the government that divided the French nation the least. The Third Republic in France did attract the support of the Frenchmen, because in the constituencies the interests of the local people were protected and their problems and thoughts were more important than the whole nation’s problems. The local committees were more concerned with the welfare of their own people than the nationwide problems. This means that people did not have any major issues with the regime of the Third Republic and, therefore, had no reason to have uprisings or any disturbances against the Republic, this probably contributed to the long life of the Third Republic. However, the local authorities might have been concerned about the local issues, because there were no national parties until the socialist groups united in 1905 - 1906, even though some national organisations had been created, they were only superficial and did not make a big difference. Therefore, they were unable to participate in
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