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The first encyclopedia addressed to a wide audience is written by Diderot and d'Alembert
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Great Britain and Prussia against Russia, France and Austria for commercial and raw materials control
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The war ends with the Peace of Paris and the Peace of Hubertsburg
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The encyclopedia is the symbol of the Enlightenment culture
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The North American colonies fight against the Kingdom of Great Britain
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Approval of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia
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white = purity and innocence
+ red = force and value
+ blue = vigilance, perseverance and justice
+ stars = they indicate the constellation of different but united States -
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Causes: weakening of the monarch, financial and economic crisis of France, bad harvests, epidemics, famine
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Convocation of the General States in the city of Versailles
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The Marquis of La Fayette, commander of the National Guard, leads the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy
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Fundamental human and citizen rights, such as freedom, property and security, are declared
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Barras and other republican members carry out a coup d'état
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The event divides the modern age and the contemporary age
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Napoleon crosses the Alps to defeat the Austrian army
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The European powers participate to the Congress of Vienna in order to redesign the map of Europe
