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the american revolution. 1765-1783. It was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. There were many battles fought and the colonies gained their freedom and became the independent country of the United States
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He was born in Ajaccio. He learned the French language when he was a young boy.
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are married. 5/16/1770. A marriage in the royal house has been planned since the early 1960s. The wedding took place in Vienna.
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Louis XVI is crowned. 5/10/1774. He was the last king of France. He was executed for treason by guillotine in 1793.
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the declaration of independence. 8/2/1776. It is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. People have been given rights that can't get taken away.
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He graduated from a French military academy in 1785. he attended school as a boy in mainland France.
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Storming of the Bastille. 7/14/1789. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. Took place in the afternoon in Paris.
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Women's March on Versailles. 10/5/1789. a crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians and marched toward Versailles. They arrived soaking wet from the rain.
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Tennis Court Oath. 6/20/1789. The members of the French Third Estate took the tennis court oath, vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established". It was a pivotal event in the French Revolution.
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Formation of the National Convention. 9/20/1792. It was revolutionary France's third attempt at a national legislature. The formal purpose of such a convention is to select the party's nominee for President
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The Massacre of Lyon. 8/12/1793. French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city of Lyon. Was at the centre of a revolt against the French government during the War of the First Coalition
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The murder of Marat. 7/13/1793. Murder happened in Paris, France. He was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes and seen as a radical voice.
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Execution of Louis XVI. 1/21/1793. He was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. Executed because of treason.
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Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution, seized control of the French government in 1799. The Battle of Waterloo, where his forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe
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He was Emperor of France from 1804 to 1814. He was briefly the Emperor again in 1815.
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He dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade. Leaded France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars.
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He died from stomach cancer. Death date is 5/5/1821.
