revolutions By dmcdaniel Nov 19, 1689 English Bill of Rights Dec 9, 1689 1689 English Bill of Rights (BR/US) Dec 9, 1763 1763 Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France (BR/FR) Dec 9, 1763 1763 Seven Years’ War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and France (BR/FR) Dec 7, 1765 18 Nov 1765, Stamp Act passed by British Parliament (BR) Dec 9, 1765 1765 Stamp Act passed by British Parliament (BR) Dec 9, 1767 1767 Townsend Act, new revenue taxes on North American colonists (BR/US) Dec 9, 1770 1770 Riots in Boston met with violence by British troops (US) Dec 9, 1774 1774 First Continental Congress (US) Nov 19, 1775 American Revolution: 1775-1783 Dec 9, 1776 1776 Declaration of Independence (US) Dec 9, 1778 1778 American and French representatives sign two treaties in Paris: a Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance. (US/FR) Dec 9, 1789 1789 Ratification of Constitution of the United States of America (US) Dec 9, 1789 789 National Constituent Assembly and French Declaration of the Rights of Man (FR) Dec 9, 1789 1789 Estates General convened for the first time in 174 years in France 1789 Storming of the Bastille, prison (and armory) in Paris (FR) Dec 9, 1791 French Revolution: 1791-1799 Dec 9, 1791 Haiti Revolution: 1791-1804 Dec 9, 1791 1791 Beheading of King Louis XVI (FR) Dec 9, 1791 1791 Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue (Haiti) Dec 9, 1792 1792 France declares war on Austria (FR) Dec 9, 1793 1793 All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1793 1793 All slaves on Saint Domingue emancipated by the French revolutionary authorities to join the French army and fight against the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1793 1793 France declares war on Great Britain (BR/FR) Dec 9, 1794 1794 Toussaint leads troops against the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1794 1794 Toussaint leads troops against the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1797 1797 French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint (Haiti) Dec 9, 1797 1797 French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint (Haiti) Dec 9, 1797 797 French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint (Haiti) Dec 9, 1797 1797 French colonial forces defeated by Toussaint (Haiti) Dec 9, 1798 1798 Toussaint negotiates peace with the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1798 1798 Toussaint negotiates peace with the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1798 1798 Toussaint negotiates peace with the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1798 1798 Toussaint negotiates peace with the British (Haiti) Dec 9, 1801 1801 War ends between Great Britain and France (BR/FR) Dec 9, 1801 1801 War ends between Great Britain and France (BR/FR) Dec 9, 1801 1801 Constitution for Haiti Dec 9, 1802 1802 General Leclerc sent by Napoleon to subdue colony and re-institute slavery (FR) Dec 9, 1803 1803 French withdraw troops; Haitians declare independence (Haiti) Dec 9, 1803 1803 New declaration of war between Great Britain and France (BR/FR) Dec 9, 1804 1804 Jean-Jacques Dessalines crowns himself emperor of Haiti (Haiti) Dec 9, 1804 1804 Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France Dec 9, 1808 1808 British end the slave trade (BR) Dec 9, 1810 810 Declarations of self-government in most Latin American colonies (Latin America) Dec 9, 1813 1813 French expelled from Spain. (FR) Dec 9, 1815 1815 Napoleon defeated and French empire reduced in Europe to France alone (FR) Dec 9, 1818 1818 French abolish slave trade (FR) Dec 7, 2010 French abolish slave trade (FR) Dec 7, 2010 Constitution for Haiti