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The Thirty Years' War was one of the first things that caused people to question the traditions that were in place and is seen as an event that began the Enlightenment.
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Thomas Hobbes publishes the book Leviathan, which contains his beliefs about people and the best form of government.
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John Locke publishes his first book, Two Treatises of Government, which contains his ideas of government and natural rights.
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Rousseau publishes his book about the his idea of a social-contract form of government, or rule of the people.
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Louis XVI's reign as king begins.
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King Louis XVI was forced into calling a meeting with representatives of all three estates.
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The Third Estate makes the Tennis Court Oath, a pledge that they will not stop until they have a constitution.
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A mob searching for arms and gunpowder stormed into the Bastille, a French Prison. This is commonly known as the first event of the Revolution.
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Olympe de Gouges writes the "Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen" in retaliation for the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen"
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Henry XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their children attempt to flee France by dressing as peasants, but they are discovered and sent back to Paris.
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The guillotine claims its first victim, the beginning of many deaths.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, a device used for cleaning raw cotton.
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Louis XVI is found guilty of High Treason and Crimes against the State and is executed by guillotine.
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Napoleon seizes control of France, well known as a ocup d'etat.
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Napoleon sells the French claim to territory in the Americas to Thomas Jefferson, known as the Louisiana Purhase.
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Napoleon officially becomes Emperor of France by crowning himself, a display of supreme power.
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Morse invents the Morse Code and the telegraph, a way to communicate long-distance.
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Singer invents the first practical sewing machine.
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The National Child Labor Committee is formed, an organization that pushed for reforms about child labor.
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Upton Sinclair writes The Jungle, which depicts the bad side of the industrial revolution and leads to new laws regarding working standards.
