Every year of French Revolution during the
French Revolutions of 1766-1774, which are commonly divided into four major revolutions (1766, 1768, 1770, 1772). The Revolutions were caused by economic and political instability stemming from the long, brutal
World War, and the subsequent
Franco-British War (1756-1764). They reached a boiling point during the
Post-War Taxation Act of 1766, which saw widespread Republican sentiment awaken. This revolution, like all others, were crushed thoroughly by the Monarchy. In the following two years, major proponents of Anarchism stepped forth, and soon many wished for the dissolution of not just the monarchy, but the state itself. Following revolutionary defeats, yet more political figures rose into the spotlight, and crafted the people's ideology, Ouvrierism (from
ouvrier, worker). This movement only grew between the
Third and
Fourth Revolutions, but, at that point, Republicanism proved itself to have dominated the revolutionary effort, and, in 1774, the
Declaration of the Republic within France was crafted and signed, and Lazare Carnot was elected as Head of France (alternatively known as President, due to the modern term for the Head of France). Under Carnot's reign, France saw herself divided into three constituents - France, Bretagne, and Occitania. Each nation was granted with autonomous governments. This move was done as a method for France to better deal with political instabilities and further allow Carnot to deal with remainders of anarchism and ouvrierism.