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is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651.
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The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence by sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha and the Second Treatise was an outline of his ideas for a more civilized society of natural rights and contract theory. Locke was refered to as the outstanding champion of freedom.
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North American theater of the Seven Years' War.
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Louis XVI was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791
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The American Revolution was a political chaos during the last half of the 18th century.
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This was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates General, which was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm
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The Great Fear was occuring from 17 July to 5 August 1789 in France at the start of the French Revolution.
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The Tennis Court 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
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After Louis XVI tried to escape from his people. They eventually cut him off and tried him. They tried to get him to speek but he would not. He was then killed by the Guilliatine.
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The Legislative Assembly provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law making between the times of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention.
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A number of other problems added to the division Austria and France, and both sides seemed to want war. On April 20, 1792 France declared war on Austria.
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States men are held to be universal. Explains the rights on man and human rights during the French Revolution time period.
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Louis is executed by the guillotine after trying to flee from his people.
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The Committee of Public Safety formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror
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The day after his arrest, Robespierre and 21 of his followers were guillotined before a cheering mob in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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Maximillien de Robespierre was a French lawyer, a politician, and one of the best known, most influential figures of the French Revolution.
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The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the beginning of the French Revolution, started by conflict between rival political groups.
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After Napoleon fought in war and made a name for himself, he was awarded the rank of a brigaidier and eventually came to power leading a french army
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Napoleon invaded Russia, also known as the Russian Campaign, Was a turning point in the Napoleonic wars.
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Napoleon's broken forces gave up and Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. When this offer was rejected, he abdicated and was sent to Elba.
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Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo which ended his rule of France. When he came back to power in 1815, many opposed him.
