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Lexington and Concord. Declaration of Independence formalized the Revolution.
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British surrender
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National Assembly write the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
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Slaves rebel against French colonial government
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Napoleon Bonaparte makes himself the First Consul after overthrowing the Directory.
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French troops driven out by slave army. The republic of Haiti is established.
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Simon Bolivar takes arms against Spanish. He frees his home country, Venezuela.
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Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin help free South America.
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Influenced by enlightenment philosophers, the Political Revolutions are important because it helped shape and form our government and country, and many others. It brought about ideas and new ways of government. For instance establishing a democracy, feminism, capitalism, and more.new nations and states have to work hard to establish themselves as a working country with an effective government. Slavery would be abolished and women would have more rights and one day be considered as equals to men.
