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The Treaty of Paris
America and Great Britain negotiated. This is how the revolutionary war ended and recognized American independence.The preliminary articles of peace were signed by Adams, Franklin, Jay, and Henry Laurens. The final treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, and ratified by the Continental Congress early in 1784. -
Call of the Estate General
The king would call a meeting of the Estates General when he wanted the advice on certain issues. The Estates General didn't meet regularly and had no real power. What estate you belonged to had a major impact on your social status and quality of life. -
Tennis Court Oath
Third Estate, which represent commoners and the lower clergy, meet on the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse. -
Storming of the Bastille
troops and Parisian revolutionaries storm and dismantle the royal fortress and prison called the bastille. The people stormed it because they rebelled against the government. -
March on Versailles
An angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women – armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets – marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles to stop the french revolution. -
Execution of the King
King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris because he convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention. -
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Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre led the reign of terror.Was a whole bunch of executions.Designed to fight the enemies of the revolution, to prevent counter-revolution from gaining ground. -
Execution of Robespierre
Robespierre lead all the executions in the reign of terror. They executed him because they thought he was getting anything done. He was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention -
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Napoleonic Wars
A series of conflicts fought between France under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte and a number of European nations.Engaged nearly all European nations in a bloody struggle, a struggle that also spilled over into Egypt and America. Warfare was to change and move towards modern warfare leaving behind forever the idea of war as a sport of kings and moving towards the concept of Total War and the nations in arms. -
haitian revolution
It was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule. -
Coronation of Napoleon I
He was Crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years.one of the greatest military strategists in history, -
Battle of Waterloo (June of 1815)
took place in Belgium. the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. -
Mexico Gains Independence August 24, 1821
Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signs the Treaty of Córdoba, which approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy.
