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States General meet to discuss public's money problems with the king and queen. bastille is raided for guns and ammo and the king and queen fail to escape into paris.
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a period of brutal conflict in the french colony of saint dominique leading to the elimination of slavery and establishment of haiti as the first republic ruled by africans.
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fight between mexico and spain for control and independence of mexico. it started as a peasnts fight for freedom, but turned into a full blown war.
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Met to determine future boundaries of Europe. adoopted policy of no great punishments or rewards. restored monarchies accross Europe.
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a war between the qing dynasty of china and the united kingdom trying to secure economic benefits from trading in china.
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a short book written by german marxists political theorists karl marx and freidrich engels. it is one of the worlds most influential political manuscripts in history.
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James Watt discovered that steam could be put to work, so he added rotary motion to it, containing the steam inside a pipe with a piston that got pushed as the steam built up.
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commodore of US navy who compelled the opening of japan to the west with the4 convention of kanagawa.
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began in meerut when native soldiers of the east india company mutinied because of perceived race-based injustices and inequities.
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gradual economic interdependence moved germany towards unification.
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a meeting between all of the major western powers to negotiate questions and end confusion over control of africa.
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grew out of imperial ambitions of rival russian empire and japanese empire over manchuria and korea.
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revolt against british rule and taxationin south africa led by bambatha kamancinza.
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takes office january 1st as a chinese revolutionary and political leader. frequently referred to as founding father of republican china.