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Revoluitionary legislative body during a small portion of the revolution. It was rather ineffective resulting in Napoleon taking power. It was however for a few months the ruling power of France.
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Beggining of the French revolution. The people who were creating laws locked themselves in a tennis court and wrote their declaration.
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The french version of the Constitution. Outlines many rights that the people should have. Created during the revolutionary movement.
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Political group extremely on the side of the revolution. They did not want anything to do with the old system. They were the anti-federalists of the french revolution.
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King Louis the 16th and his wife Marie Antoinette are killed on this date. They are put to death by guillotine. This signifys the end of monarchy in France.
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Committee that was created to ensure that the revolutionary movemnt continued. It was very corrupt and ordered the death of many innocent people.
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leader of France during the Reign of Terror. Horribly corrupt leader used the government to get rid of competition. Held all of France in the palm of his hand using fear to rule.
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Maximilien abuses the committee of public safety during this time to install fear into the people of France. During this time period thousands of innocent French people are killed for obsene things that would otherwise not have been enforced if not for the fear that was around.
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System of laws put in place by Napoleon. Puts the state of the government above that of the individual. This system rebuilds France very effectively.
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Napoleon on this date was crowned emperor of France. This gave him supreme power over all of France. It gave him the power to do everything he wanted to and needed to.
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Karl Marx believed that all issues in society started from social classes. Believed communism would solve these problems.
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War between the Russians and the Japanese. the russians lost this is the date the Russians admitted defeat proving the Tsar incompetent. This war led to the revolution years later.
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This was a legislative assembly created after the Tsar Nicholas was proven terrible. For a long time they were ignored. Eventually however they tossed out the Tsar from power.
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On this date the "faith Healer" was called on by the Tsar for the first time to heal someones daughter. This put him in good standing with the royal family after it was a "success"
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Frist Russian revolution. This was caused because the Russian people were angry with their economy and because they had weak leadership. The leadership hadnt changed and they were still at war.
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On this date he abdicated the throne. This symbolized the end of their Tsarist regime. He was a horrible and weak leader and this was a change for Russia to take back power in the world.
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This is the date he returned from exile. He had a strong role in the second revolutionary movement as a Marxist. He helped to set up a provisional communist government.
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on this date the revolted against the Russian government. They were the more communistic party that would later decide to start Russia with a capatalist system.
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Government had changed very little after the first revolution. This angered the Bolsheviks and the public. The bolsheviks revolted and won and made Russia communist.
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On this date Vladmir Lenin died. Joseph Stalin after this took power in the Russian government. eventually finding himself the leader and pursued industrialization heavily and made Russia strong again.
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In this month and date Che Guevara set off on a motorcycle trip around south America. Che Guevara saw much poverty around the continent. this led to Che Guevara becoming a major revolutionist.
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A marxist revolutionist. He went around the americas helping many revolutionary movements. on this date he met Fidel Castro. he helped Castro to win during the Cuban revolution.
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This is the date that Fidel Castro took power in Cuba. At this time communism became prominent in Cuba. Under Communist regime Cuba would get isolated and fall behind the rest of the world.
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This is the Date Fidel Castro's revolution took Batista out of power. A week later Fidel Ccastro took supreme power after putting a communist regime in place.
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This is the date Fulgencio lost power. He lost a revolution against Fidel Castro. Him losing that war allows Fidel Castro to take power and make Cuba a communist government.
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This is the date that the embargo on Cuba was put in place. It prohibited any trade to the country of Cuba. This embargo led to Cuba being decades behind all other countries around the world
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In this year Fidel Castro began to take United States corporations and give them to the Cuban government. He did this to try and take away some of the U.S.' control in Cuba.
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On this date a U.S. spy plane flew over cuba. The plane found evidence of nuclear missiles being armed and pointed at the U.S. This led to both the U.S. and Russia almost being destroyed.
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Spy plane found nuclear missiles being installed and pointed at the United States. Cubans allowed the Russians to put them there. This made America nervous and made both America and Russia very close to being erased during the Cold War.
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On this date the exiles of Cuba returned to Cuba. They invaded Cuba in attempt to overthrow the government. The U.S.A. helped them with this invasion but it failed horrendously.