Revolutions from 1776-1863

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    Revolutions

  • Tomas Paine and Common Sense (social event)

    Tomas Paine and Common Sense (social event)

    This phamplet explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence of the 13 colonies.
  • Adam Smith (social event)

    Adam Smith (social event)

    He wrote, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations." This reflects the econmics of the industrial revolution.
  • Declaration of Independence (political event)

    Declaration of Independence (political event)

    The purpose of the Declaration was to show the 13 coinies breaking off away from Britian and forming their own colonies.
  • The Articles of Confederation (political event)

    The Articles of Confederation (political event)

    This was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states.
  • The End of the Enlightment (economic event)

    The End of the Enlightment (economic event)

    The Enlightment period infuenced new ideas and reasioning, but came to an end due to the French Revolution.
  • Meeting of the Estates-General (economic event)

    Meeting of the Estates-General (economic event)

    The three estates proposed solutions to the government's financial problems.
  • Olympe de Gouge, Declaration of the Rights of Woman (social event)

    Olympe de Gouge, Declaration of the Rights of Woman (social event)

    Gouge was the most outspoken women for women rights in her time period, she wanted women to wake up and see that women were just as equal as men.
  • Bill of Rights and the Amendments added to the Constitution. (political event)

    Bill of Rights and the Amendments added to the Constitution. (political event)

    The Bill of rights was passed by Congress on Septermber 25, 1789, but not ratified until Decmeber 15, 1791. There were first ten amendments added. The first was and is the freedom of relgion.
  • Mary Wollstonecraft (social event)

    Mary Wollstonecraft (social event)

    She is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. SHe argues that women are not inferior to men, just have less of an educaiton.
  • The Louisiana Purchase (econmic event)

    The Louisiana Purchase (econmic event)

    The US bought this land from the French, gaining many new states that are known today.
  • Napoleaon Bonaparte (social event)

    Napoleaon Bonaparte (social event)

    He cretaed the Napoleonic Code, which allowed freedom of religon base don birth.
  • Slave Trade ends in US (political event)

    Slave Trade ends in US (political event)

    The alowed no new slaves were to be brought to the US.
  • Napolenic Invasion of Russia (military event)

    Napolenic Invasion of Russia (military event)

    Napolean siezed Russia with a massiviley diverse army from all over Europe.
  • Napolean's Battle of Ligny (military event)

    Napolean's Battle of Ligny (military event)

    This was the last ultimate vicotry of Napoleans' career.
  • Missouri Compromise (cultural event)

    Missouri Compromise (cultural event)

    This comprimise diffused the slavery between states, in effort to preseerve the balance of congress between slave and free states.
  • The Monroe Doctrine (political event)

    The Monroe Doctrine (political event)

    Its primary goal was tofreethe newly independent colonies of Latin America from other European and foriegn nations.
  • The Seneca Falls Declaration (political event)

    The Seneca Falls Declaration (political event)

    The declaration states that all men and women are equal. This declaration states that everyone has inalienable rights.
  • The Constitution of the Confederate States of America (political event)

    The Constitution of the Confederate States of America (political event)

    This consituition was the Sureme law of the Confederate states. They wanted a permanet federal government.
  • The District of Columbia Emancipation Act (cultural event)

    The District of Columbia Emancipation Act (cultural event)

    President Lincoln signed this, ending slavery in the District of Columbia.
  • Emancipation Proclamation (cultural event)

    Emancipation Proclamation (cultural event)

    This document was directed towards all aread in rebellion and all seguments of the exectutive branch of the US. It gave the freedom of slaves in ten states that were in rebellion by Abraham Lincoln.