Timeline of revolutions

  • english bill of rights

  • war peace treaty between great britain and france

  • stamp act passed by british parliament as a direct taxation of north american colonists

  • sons of liberty

  • repeal of stamp act

  • townsend act new revenue taxes on north american colonists

  • riots in boston met violence by british troops

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  • Boston tea party

  • first continental congress

  • declaration of independence

  • american and french representatives sign two treaties in paris: a treaty of amity and commerce and a treaty of alliance

  • ratification of constitution of united states of america

  • estates general convened for the first time in 174 years in france

  • storming of the bastille prison and armory in paris

  • nation con stituent assembly and french declaration of the rights of man

  • be heading of king louis the 16th

  • slave rebellion in saint domingue

  • u.s. bill or rights ratified by states

  • french national assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of saint domingue

  • france declares war on austria

  • france declares war on great britan

  • all slaves on saint domingue emancipated by the french revolutionary authorities to join the french army and fight against the british

  • toussaint leads troops against the briish

  • French colonial forces defeated by toussaint

  • toussaint negotiates peace with the british

  • war ends between great britain and france

  • con stitution for haiti

  • general leclerc sent by napoleon to subdue coloy and re institute slavery

  • new declaration of war between great britan and france

  • french withdraw troops haitians declare in dependence

  • napoleon crowns himself emperor of france

  • jean jacques dessalines crowns himself emperor of haiti

  • us president jefferson declares economic boycott of haiti france and great britain

  • french occupation of spain

  • british end slave trade

  • declarations of self government in most latin american colonies

  • french explled from spain

  • napoleon defeated and french empire reduced in europe to france alone

  • french abolish slave trade

  • us president monroe declares doctrine against european interference with the new republics in the americas know as the monroe doctrine