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Revolution in Haiti
Slaves in Haiti get tired of of French rule and being treated with brutality. A slave n Haiti, named Toussaint. stood up as a leader and led half the revolt and his lieutenant led the rest. -
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7 years war
Events in this war happened in two fronts. One was in Europe, between Prussia and Austria. The second was in the French, British and Spanish colonies. -
Canadas Indepndence
Canada was ruled between two countries, France and Britain. When the revolutions broke out Parlaiment sent a person to investigate who sent back a report that said they should reunite both sides of canada and should influence British migration -
Australia's independence
When Australia was originally settled only convicts lived there and then a few years later non-convicts setlled there. After a couple of months the people eventually freed their country. -
Brazils Independence
King John wanted to make Brazil a colony again but the Brazilians didnt want that. They demanded to have independence and they got it. -
Mexicos independence
The creoles in Mexico thought that they were going to loose their privileges after a revolution in Spain.The creoles and other groups led an uprising to gain their freedom. -
Battle of Navarino
The Greeks were controlled by the Ottomans and were treated horribly. After getting very tired of Ottoman rule the Greeks started a revolt and with the help of Russia, Great Britain and France they achieved victory. -
Battle of Aycucho
The Venezuelen army was outnmubered with their army having 6,000 to 9,000. The Venezuelens eventually captured troops and their generals and sent a letter for them to be freed. -
Mexican-American war
The idea of manifest destiny gave the Americans the idea that they should acquire more land. In this they gained several new areas one of which they went to war with Mexico and gave us Texas. -
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a war between Russia versus the Ottoman empire, Great Britain, and France. The war started because the Russians started to occupy two Ottoman sates. -
Start and the End of the Civil war
When president Abraham Lincoln the southern states were angry about his petition to abolish slavery. When the south seceded from the north they had wnet to war and the north had won. -
Austro-Prussian War
This war was caused by the annexation of Schleswig-Holstein. Demark had tried to seperate from Germany. -
Franco-Prussian War
The war was caused by the Prussian general Otto Von Bismark had changed a document that caused France to atack the Prussians. The Prussians had an easy victory -
End of Italian Unification
When Italy was almost fully unified thanks to, Garibaldi and some others, the Italians only needed Rome and Venetia. They gained Venetia through war and they gained Rome when they decided to join the unification process. -
Northern Ireland becomes independent
In the middle of the 1800s the Irish wanted self rule. The British, which were afraid of the irish decided to give them their independence. -
Drefus affair in France
Drefus was the Jewish general of France during the Franco-Prussian war. He was falsely accused of selling secrets to the Prussians and was arrested and put in prison.
