There were several events that led to the establishment of the Third Republic. The first was the beginning of correspondence between Prussia and France; this was bad because the Prussian prime minister tricked France into declaring war on Prussia. The French most important mistake was their arrogance they had the best army in the world which they soon learned wasn’t the case. Not long after the war had begun the French army was defeated, Napoleon III was captured, and Paris was besieged. After the end of the war the French citizens overthrow the emperor and created the Third Republic. The objectives of the Paris Communes were to separate church and state, end night work schedules, and grant pensions to soldiers and their families. The Dreyfus