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English Bill of Rights
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Period: to
1689-1823
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Seven Years' War peace treaty between great britain and france
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Stamp Act
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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Townsend Act
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Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops
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Boston Tea party
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First Continental Congress
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Declaration of Independence
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American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and Treaty of Alliance
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Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America
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Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France
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Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris
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National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the rights of man
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Beheading of king louis 16th
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slave rebellion in saint domingue
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U.S. Bill of Rights ratified by states
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france declares war on Austria
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French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue
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France declares war on Great Britain
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All slaves on saint domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British
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Toussaint leads troops against the British
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French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint
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Toussaint negotiates peace with the British
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War ends between Great Britain and France
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Constitution for Haiti
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General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery
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New declaration of war between Great Britain and France
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French withdraw troops; Haitians declare Independence
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti
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U.S. President Jefferson declares economic boycott of Haiti, France, and Great Britain
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French occupation of Spain
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British end the slave trade
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Declarations of self-goverment in most Latin American colonies
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French expelled from Spain
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Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone
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French abolish slave trade
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U.S. President monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the MOnroe Doctrine