Following the French surrender to Prussia in…
1864 CE to 1875 CE
New representatives are elected in February of this year, constituting the government which will come to evolve into the Third Republic.
These representatives—predominantly conservative republicans—enact a series of legislation that prompts resistance and outcry from radical and leftist elements of the republican movement.
In Paris, a series of public altercations breaks out between the Versailles-aligned Parisian government and the city's radical socialists.
The radicals ultimately reject the authority of Versailles, responding with the foundation of the Paris Commune in March.
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