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Traces Of The Revolution Era
 * There are many places like London or French towns you will see names that are from the Napoleonic war and also from the revolution.
 * Meter and Kilograms were created in 1795 during the revolution and many of the European flags were modeled after the flag of the revolution in 1794.

Liberalism
 * The idea of liberty came from the declaration of the rights of men and citizens. It was one of the biggest accomplishments during the French revolution.
 * When Napoleon conquered many states, he installed a constitution and the constitution spread liberalism throughout Europe.
 * After the defeat of Napoleon and Kings returned to power, they demolished many of the constitutions but many people already wanted and liked the idea of liberalism and declared themselves liberal.

Nationalism
 * Another key idea of the French revolution was that France was a nation, not a kingdom.
 * The National Assembly was created to represent the people and act as a guide of nationalism.
 * During the revolution the French created nations on the land they conquer and the Italian people were brought together as the Rome Republic.
 * Napoleon created the Grand Duchy Of Warsaw and Poland gained their own nation.
 * Millions of German people became a nation after napoleon forced the 300 German rulers to be under 30 states.
 * All this caused many European country citizens to like the constitution and wants to live under it than a King or Emperor.
 * In 1815 all the European countries had the Kings back and they demolished the constitution. But because everyone wanted a constitution and wanted liberty every single European country had their own revolution against their king and government.

Revolution
 * Liberals and Nationalists began revolting and by 1830 six countries had broken out to revolutions and the revolutions continued after 1848.

Images Of Revolution
 * Many of the revolution borrowed the idea of liberty from France when they revolted.
 * Marianne became a picture of liberty and was in countless pictures, statues and models.
 * The biggest and most famous structure of liberty would be the statue of liberty which was a gift from France to America to show the good relationship between the two nations.

Legends And Myths Of Revolution
 * The revolution caused many legends and myths to arouse. the biggest rumor was the Napoleonic Legend.
 * Before Napoleon died, he asked many of his friends to write about him and to make him look like a hero. He wanted to be known as a historical figure after he dies.
 * In 1840 napoleon's body was sent to France to be reburied when the British government allowed it. 100,000 people lined to watch the reburial to pay their respects for him.
 * The legend of Napoleon spread and he was on the 20 francs coins and cigar and brandy brands were named after him and a lullaby about him was created as well.
 * Napoleon's tomb became the most visited tourist spot than any other spot in Paris.

Overview While the French revolution was suppressed, it had succeeded in getting other countries motivated to be liberals or nationalists and it caused revolutions in many European countries. Many legends and myths of the revolution also occurred after the revolution.

Question: What did the French revolution managed to do?