Revolutions By amenk May 6, 1689 English bill of rights May 6, 1763 seven years War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France May 6, 1765 Stamp Act passed by British Parliment as a direct taxation of North American colonists May 6, 1766 Repeal of Stamp Act May 6, 1767 Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists May 6, 1770 Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops May 6, 1773 Boston Tea Party May 6, 1774 First Continental Congress May 6, 1776 Declaration of Independence May 6, 1778 American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance May 6, 1789 Ratification of Constitution of the United States May 6, 1789 Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France May 6, 1789 Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris May 6, 1789 National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man May 6, 1791 Beheading of king louis XVI May 6, 1791 Slave Rebellion in Saint Domingue May 6, 1791 U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states May 6, 1792 French declares war on Austria May 6, 1792 French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue May 6, 1793 French declares war on Great Britain May 6, 1793 All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by french revolutionary authorities to join the french army and fight against the British May 6, 1794 Toussaint leads troops against the British May 6, 1797 1797 French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint May 6, 1798 Toussaint negotiates peace with the British May 6, 1801 War ends between Great Britain and France May 6, 1801 Constitution for Haiti May 6, 1802 General Leclerc sent Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery May 7, 1803 New declaration of war between Great Britain and France May 7, 1803 French withdrew troops; Haitians declare independence May 7, 1804 Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France May 7, 1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti May 7, 1806 U.S. President Jefferson declares economic boycott of Haiti,France, and Great Britain May 7, 1808 French ocupation of Spain May 7, 1808 British end the slave trade May 7, 1810 declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies May 7, 1813 French expelled from Spain May 7, 1815 Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone May 7, 1818 French abolish slave trade May 7, 1823 U.s. President monroe declares doctrine against European interference with new republics in the americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine