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Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and great britian it ended the revolutionary war and started American revolution -
Call of the Estate General
This was a call for the French to call in a congress they had not used since medieval times. There were three estates. The first was Clergy The second was nobility, and the third was establishing that it was the state who controlled. -
Tennis Court Oath
This was an oath stating that until the constitution is restored the assembly will not separate even if the kingdom is tearing apart -
Storming of the Bastille
This was the storming of a prison that was a symbol the dictatorial monarchy that was France at the time. This was the start of the french revolution -
March on Versailles
The March on Versailles was a pivotal moment in the French revolution. There were over 6,000 working women that marched towards Versailles with pitchforks and muskets in there hands -
Execution of the King
This was the big point in the French Revolution that turned the war from a losing battle into them easily winning -
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Reign of Terror
The Terror was designed to fight the enemies of the revolution to prevent counter revolution from picking up. Most of the people rounded up were not aristocrats they were ordinary people. A man and his family might go to the guillotine for saying something critical about the government. -
Execution of Robespierre
Robespierre was a frenchman who was executed because he was the person that was issuing all these mass killings -
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Napoleonic wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts fought between France under the leadership of Napoleon and many different European nations -
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a slave led uprising that helped the Haitian people get free from the French. It is the only slave uprising that led to the development of a website. -
Coronation of Napoleon I
Napoleon wanted to establish legitimacy of his imperial reign, with its new royal family and new nobility. Napoleon held his sacred ceremony in the great cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris with Pope Pius VII there in attendance. -
Mexico Gains Independence
This was a war where Mexico was trying to win it's freedom away from Spain. When they broke away they called themselves new Spain. The revolution was led by Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, two priests. There was a war cry called "Grito de Dolores" or in English Cry of Dolores
