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The Estates General Meet was where the 3 estates met up and the commoners decided to create the Declaration of the Rights of Man. This was the beginning of the French Revolution. - http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/summoning-estates-general-1789#:~:text=This%20assembly%20was%20composed%20of,start%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution.
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Members of the Third Estate promised to meet as the commoners until France is changed. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Court_Oath#:~:text=On%2020%20June%201789%2C%20the,event%20in%20the%20French%20Revolution.
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A large group of commoners (armed with weapons) gathered around the Bastille and stormed it. The commoners freed multiple prisoners of the Bastille and stole gunpowder and cannons. - http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106472.html#:~:text=On%2014%20July%201789%2C%20a,in%20the%20Revolution%20that%20followed.
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The publication of the declaration of the rights of man was the announcement of the commoners proclaiming that every person has natural rights. Men were born free and had the rights of liberty, property, security, and resistance of oppression. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen
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King Louis XVI was killed for treason and his execution meant the end of monarchy. - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-louis-xvi-executed#:~:text=One%20day%20after%20being%20convicted,de%20la%20Revolution%20in%20Paris.
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The French republic banned slavery in February of 1794. - http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0065#:~:text=In%20February%201794%2C%20the%20French,to%20reconstruct%20a%20French%20Empire.
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"The directory was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic." This leadership lasted from 1795 to 1799, where Napoleon Bonaparte overtook power. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Directory
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The War of Knives was a civil war between Toussaint L'Ouverture and Andre Rigaud. Toussaint L'Ouverture controlled the North of Saint-Domingue, and Andre Rigaud controlled the south, Rigaud was also L'Ouverture's adversary. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Knives#:~:text=The%20War%20of%20Knives%20(French,Rigaud%2C%20a%20mixed%2Drace%20free
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With the declaration of the end of the revolution, France had out and end to Monarchies and Feudalism. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Constitution_of_1793
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On the seventh anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the French colonies, Toussaint Louverture proposed a constitution proclaiming the independence of Saint-Domingue. - https://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/1801/constitution.htm#:~:text=On%20February%204%2C%201801%2C%20the,still%20a%20colony%20of%20France.&text=Toussaint%20signed%20it%20in%20July%201801.
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed Haiti's independence on the first day of January. This proclamation declared the end of Haiti's 13-year-long revolution - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Declaration_of_Independence#:~:text=The%20Haitian%20Declaration%20of%20Independence,13%2Dyear%20long%20Haitian%20Revolution.
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started the Mexican War of Independence. The Mexican War of Independence lasted 11 years, and the result was Mexico gaining independence from Spain. - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spain-accepts-mexican-independence#:~:text=On%20September%2016%2C%201810%2C%20Miguel,town%20of%20Dolores%2C%20Mexico).
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Simon Bolivar was proclaimed El Liberator once he arrived in Venezuela. A few weeks later, Bolivar dictates his "Decree of War to the Death" - https://stampaday.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/simon-bolivar-el-libertador-de-venezuela/#:~:text=On%20May%2024%2C%20Bol%C3%ADvar%20entered,of%20War%20to%20the%20Death%E2%80%9D.&text=Venezuela%20has%20released%20numerous%20stamps%20portraying%20Sim%C3%B3n%20Bol%C3%ADvar.
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Peru and Spain go to war in the Peruvian War of Independence. Once over, Peru won independence from the Spanish Monarchies. - https://www.britannica.com/place/Peru/Achievement-of-independence
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Gran Colombia was formed in South America. Colombia also fought to unite regions such as present day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. This act was led by Simon Bolivar. - https://www.pbs.org/wnet/civilization-west-and-rest/killer-apps/property/map-american-expansion-u-s-a-and-gran-colombia/
