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Hobbes writes Leviathan
The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government. -
Locke writes Two Treatieses of Government
The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha and the Second Treatise outlines a theory of political or civil society based on natural rights and contract theory. -
French and Indian War
The war was fought primarily between the colonies of Great Britain and New France. -
Reign of Louis XVI
was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France. -
American Revolution
The political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire. -
Calling of the Estates General
A general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the church, and the common people. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. They made a makeshift conference room inside a tennis court located in the Saint-Louis district of the city of Versailles, near the Palace of Versailles. -
France experiences "The Great Fear"
Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring, and the grain supplies were now guarded by local militias due to rumors that bands of armed men were roaming the countryside. -
Louis XVI attempts to escape
Refused to follow the secret advice tendered to him after May 1790 by the comte de Mirabeau, abdicating his responsibilities, and acquiescing in a disastrous attempt to escape from the capital to the eastern frontier on June 21, 1791. -
August Decrees
Were nineteen decrees made in August 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution. -
National Assembly composes "The Declaration of the Rights of Man."
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Legislative Assembly is created
It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention. -
France goes to war with Austria
The duke issued a manifesto threatening to raze Paris should the royal family be harmed. This manifesto angered the French and contributed to the suspension of the king. -
Committee of Public Safety
Protected the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion. -
Jean-Paul Marat
He was stabbed to death while in the bath by Charlotte Corday. -
Robespierre comes to power
He defended the abolition of slavery and of the death penalty, he supported equality of rights, universal suffrage and the establishment of a republic. He opposed war with Austria and the possibility of a coup by La Fayette. -
Robespierre is executed
The people realized that they were going to be executed sooner or later if this madman was left in power. -
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution.
