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In the year 1618, rebellious nobles tossed two officers out of a window in Prague. The year following this event more things having to conflict between religious and political issues started to grow. Then chaos grew as the fighting grew and mercy was no longer being given. These wars caused mass depopulation, the wars left Germany into 360 states. This is an important event to note due to each new state, all had their own government, currency, church, armed forces, and, foreign policies.
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The English Bill of Rights was made when William and Mary couldn't be crowned, until something of it's nature was made. It allow the Parliament to have control over the monarch, and that the two would meet often. This isn't all, it also made the the House of Commons stay in charge of the spending. The rulers also were not allowed to barge in on parliament meetings. This event is important for the contents of the Bill of Rights would later become a an issue when the United States becomes a thing.
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Not long after the death of Charles VI, there was a man by the name of Fredrick II of Prussia who seized the rich province previously owned by Charles. This was the spark that begun an 8-year war. A woman named Maria Theresa went to Hungary for help, and was shocked to be faced wth such an unfriendly response. That was until she begged infront of the nobles and got their help. In the end she could not get Fredrick out, but she was still able to preserve her kingdom and her followers support.
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A year after the Sugar Act, Parliament soon released the Stamp Act, which taxes newspaper and pamphlet like items during import and export. This made the colonists pissed, due to what they called, taxation without representation. After a while there were some revolts, some of which were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. All of these rather aggressive revolts later will lead to the declaration of independence being conceived.
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It began when the colonists declared independence. The Americans looked very weak, almost half of them weren't even for their cause. During the war Americans paired up with France, which came with an abundance of supplies and trained soldiers. Even so they did still face a difficult time in the Valley of Forge during winter. Then finally they won at Yorktown when the British surrendered. These events soon then led to the creation of a new nation, this is a monumental occasion.
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A year before the treaty was actually signed, the new leader of Britain decided, after accepting the independence of the Americas, that they could be an ally. Therefore this mean that the treaty of Paris was actually more beneficial to the U.S. A couple of those were, the debt issues were resolved, as well as a defined border for America, and gave a formal recognition to the independence of the U.S. The importance of this event is it is the formal end to the American Revolution.
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The event occurred when France was slowly moving towards revolution. Around July in 1789, this Bastille was fearful of soon being the target if the revolting mobs and asked for back up. They were handed loads of gunpowder and a couple days later after pulling the drawbridges up, the mob grew near and both sides fought well. Though the Bastille did end up surrendering, and the men were arrested. This is important because it not only ended the "ancien regime" but also began a lot more revolutions.
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In France, some affiliates to the Third Estate grouped up, disobeying the kings order and created the Tennis Court Oath. They would stay together until a new constitution would be adapted. A new King who was on the throne seemed unfit to deal with the issues at hand and after some time there was an assembly and the people of The Third Estate had the most representatives and became the National Assembly and reformed the way they pledged. This was one of the sparks to begin the French Revolution.
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After the Storming of the Bastille and Tennis Court Oath there wasn't much stopping this revolution from occurring. Soon within the depths of these revolts there was the National Assembly in which the people of the Oath eventually took charge of it and became the National Assembly. After so much time eventually all the revolts and events, sooner or later they had to reform and made the constitution of 1791. While this was occurring the king and queen tried to escape the situation they were in.
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At this time the country was at war with basically all the neighboring places. The committee was now in power for they were preparing for all out war. Horrid speeches and terrible death convictions were given out in the name of the republic. This reign of terror soon made the revolution enter its third stage. By the end of this stage, after all the tragedy and death, there was soon to see that way this would reform and change France and the way it was, for now Nationalism would begin to spread.
