<Tr> <Td> Second French Empire </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Today part of </Td> <Td> France </Td> </Tr> <P> The French Second Republic was a short - lived republican government of France between the 1848 Revolution and the 1851 coup by Louis - Napoléon Bonaparte which initiated the Second Empire . It officially adopted the motto of the First Republic, Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité . The Second Republic witnessed the tension between the "Social and Democratic Republic" (French: la République démocratique et sociale) and a liberal form of republicanism, which exploded during the June Days uprising of 1848 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Part of a series on the </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History of France </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prehistory (show) <Ul> <Li> Palaeolithic </Li> <Li> Mesolithic </Li> <Li> Neolithic </Li> <Li> Copper Age </Li> <Li> Bronze Age </Li> <Li> Iron Age </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ancient (show) <Table> <Tr> <Td> Greek colonies </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Celtic Gaul </Td> <Td> until 50 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roman Gaul </Td> <Td> 50 BC--486 AD </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Early Middle Ages (show) <Table> <Tr> <Td> Franks </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Merovingians </Td> <Td> 481--751 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carolingians </Td> <Td> 751--987 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Middle Ages (show) <Table> <Tr> <Td> Direct Capetians </Td> <Td> 987--1328 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Valois </Td> <Td> 1328--1498 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Early modern (show) <Ul> <Li> Ancien Régime </Li> </Ul> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Valois - Orléans </Td> <Td> 1498--1515 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Valois - Angoulême </Td> <Td> 1515--89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bourbon </Td> <Td> 1589--1792 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Long 19th century (show) <Table> <Tr> <Td> French Revolution </Td> <Td> 1789--1799 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingdom of France </Td> <Td> 1791--92 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Republic </Td> <Td> 1792--1804 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Empire </Td> <Td> 1804--14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Restoration </Td> <Td> 1814--30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July Monarchy </Td> <Td> 1830--1848 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Republic </Td> <Td> 1848--52 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Empire </Td> <Td> 1852--70 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Third Republic </Td> <Td> 1870--1940 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20th century (show) <Table> <Tr> <Td> Third Republic </Td> <Td> 1870--1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Free France </Li> <Li> Vichy France </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1940--44 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Provisional Republic </Td> <Td> 1944--46 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fourth Republic </Td> <Td> 1946--58 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fifth Republic </Td> <Td> 1958--present </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Timeline </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France portal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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