Even in today's world, there are still traces and legacies of the greatest revolution in history. In London, a trip to Trafalgar Square, a train ride from Waterloo - these are both names from Napoleon's legendary battles. Many French streets  are named after events that happened during that influential time. But these are not the only heritages. Click on the below links for brief accounts of more.

When other Revolutions started in the the 18th century, the people borrowed many images and ideas from Revolution. The most famous image that appeared later on was the Marianne, later known as Liberty. 

More Legacies  

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The French revolution made people start to think rationally. Even though the new calendar with the ten days weeks and the months that described weather was abolished, this new rational thinking created the metric measuring system. Everything in the metric system is measured in tens and thousands; a metre is a lot easier to compare to a kilometre, than a yard to a mile, for example, just because of very simple mathematics that almost anyone can work out in their head, simply because the metre and the kilometre are both measurements with a multiple of ten. 

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The ideas of liberalism really began with the Declaration of Human Rights, made by the National Assembly of 1789. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen gave French people equal rights and liberties which they most certainly wouldn’t have had before the revolution. They were given equality and liberty which was one of the most important accomplishments of the French revolution. Here are a few of the most important points of the Declaration of Human Rights.

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This is a cartoon published in 1833 by La Caricature, a French newspaper.

The Revolution not only changed history, it changed the future.