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hobbes writes leviathon
the work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government -
Locke writes Two Treatieses of Government
a work of political philosophy published anonymously by john locke -
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French and Indian War
is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years' War. -
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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 -
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reign of louis xvi
King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before his deposition and execution during the French Revolution. -
calling of the estates general
the first meeting since 1614 of the French 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). -
tennis court oath
The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. -
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France experiences "The Great Fear"
Rural unrest had been present in France since 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. -
"The Declaration of the Rights of Man."
is 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. -
Robespierre comes to power.
was a French lawyer, politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. -
Louis XVI attempts to escape
a significant episode in the French Revolution during which King Louis XVI of France, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution. -
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Reign of Terror
a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". -
Robespierre is executed
Robespierre is executed july 28 1794 -
Napoleon Bonaparte comes to power.
staged a coup de tat in 1799 -
french invade russia
was a turning point during the Napoleonic Wars. It reduced the French and allied invasion forces (the Grande Armée) to a tiny fraction of their initial strength and triggered a major shift in European politics as it dramatically weakened French hegemony in Europe. -
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exiled to elba
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled him to Elba -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
he defeat at Waterloo ended his rule as Emperor of the French, marking the end of his Hundred Days return from exile.
