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Hobbes writes Leviathan
Written from 1642- 1651, published in 1651. Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and situations identified with a state of nature -
Locke writes Two Treatieses of Government
The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha and the Second Treatise outlines his ideas for a more civilised society based on natural rights and contract theory. -
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French and Indian War
The war was fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. -
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Reign of Louis XVI
King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, after which he was subsequently King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before his deposition and execution during the French Revolution. -
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American Revolution
a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
Calling of the Estates General
a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). -
Robespierre comes to power.
Maximilien Robespierre, known to his contemporaries as "the Incorruptible," is one of the most controversial and perhaps misunderstood figures of the French Revolution -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution -
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France experiences "The Great Fear"
the worsening grain shortage of the spring, and the grain supplies were now guarded by local militias due to rumors that bands of armed men were roaming the countryside. -
National Assembly composes "The Declaration of the Rights of Man."
a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. -
Louis XVI attempts to escape
Prodded by the queen, Louis committed himself and his family to a disastrous attempt to escape from the capital to the eastern frontier. -
Legislative Assembly is created.
It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention. -
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France experience "Reign of Terror."
Maximilien Robespierre was the principal leader of the reign of terror during the French Revolution. -
France goes to war with Austria
The French armies lacked organization and discipline, and many noble officers had emigrated. The allied Austrian and Prussian forces under Charles William Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick, quickly crossed the frontier and began to march on Paris. -
Louis XVI is executed.
took place at the Place de la Révolution ("Revolution Square", formerly Place Louis XV, and renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795) in Paris. -
Committee of Public Safety is formed.
The Committee of Public Safety succeeded the previous Committee of General Defence (established in January 1793) and assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion. -
Robespierre is executed.
He didn't even have a trial, and was beheaded faced upwards. -
Napoleon Bonaparte comes to power.
he became First Consul of France by being a part of coup against the Directory. -
Napoleon invades Russia
an attempt to force Tsar Alexander I to submit once again to the terms of a treaty that Napoleon had imposed upon him four years earlier. -
Napoleon exiled to Elba.
in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last.
