Timeline for Revolutions By shadowismydog May 9, 1689 English Bill of Rights English Bill of Rights May 9, 1763 Seven years war peace treaty between Great Britan and France May 9, 1765 Stamp Act passed by British Parlament as a direct taxation of North American colonists May 9, 1766 Repeal of stamp act May 9, 1767 townsend act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists May 10, 1770 riots in boston met with violence by british troops May 10, 1773 Boston Tea Party May 10, 1774 first contenental congress May 10, 1776 Declaration of Independence May 10, 1778 American and Frecnch representatives sign 2 treaties in Paris: a treaty of Amity and commerce aand a treaty of alliance May 8, 1789 estates general convened for the first in174 years in france May 9, 1789 Storming of Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris May 10, 1789 Ratifacation of constitution in the USA May 10, 1789 national constituent assembly and french declaration of the rights of man May 10, 1791 beheading of king Louis the XVI May 10, 1791 slave rebellion in Saint Domingue May 10, 1791 U.S bill of rights ratified by states May 10, 1792 French National Assembly gives citizenship to all free people of color in the colony of Saint Domingue May 10, 1792 France declares war on Austria May 10, 1793 France declares war on Great Britan May 10, 1793 All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and Fight against the Brithish May 10, 1794 Toussaint leads troops against the British May 10, 1797 French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint May 10, 1798 Toussaint negotiates peace with the Brithish May 10, 1801 War ends between Great Britan and France May 10, 1801 constitution for Haiti May 10, 1802 General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery May 10, 1803 French withdraw troops: Haitians declare indeppendence May 10, 1804 Napoleon declares himself emperor of France May 10, 1804 Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti May 10, 1806 U.S President Jefferson declares economic boycott of Haiti, France, and Great Britan May 10, 1808 French occupation of Spain May 10, 1808 British end slave trade May 10, 1810 Declorations of self-government in most Latin American colonies May 10, 1813 French expelled from Spain May 10, 1815 Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone May 10, 1818 French abolish slave trade May 10, 1823 U.S President Monroe declares doctrine against European interference with the new republics in the Americas, known as the Monroe Doctrine