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The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars that began in Bohemia. King Ferdinand, Catholic king of Bohemia, wanted to suppress protestants and assert his power over the nobles. This started off as a small religious conflict and quickly became a European war, pitting Catholic states against protestant ones. The war took a great toll on villages and food supply and caused severe depopulation. The war ended with the treaty of Westphalia, with France as the winner.
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Before William III of Orange and Mary, James II brother could be crowned, parliament required them to accept the English Bill of Rights. The bill ensured the rights of English citizens, ensured the power of parliament, and barred the throne from anyone who was a Roman Catholic.
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The war started when King Fredrick II of Prussia took the Hapsburg province of Silesia. Queen Maria Theresa, then appealed to her Hungarian subjects and got support from Russia and Britain and won the war. This event was vital as it preserved Maria Theresa's empire
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The Stamp Act was parliament's first attempt to raise money for Britain after the French and Indian War. This act put taxes on a wide range of colonial transactions, such as newspapers, pamphlets, and ships' bills of landing.
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The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution. The British now formally acknowledged the United States of America as an independent nation.
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When the newly assembled National Assembly found its meeting hall locked and under guard, they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court. There they swore, "never to separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until we have established a sound and just constitution."
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Hundreds of Parisians gathered and demanded that the gates of the Bastille prison be opened and that weapons be given to them. The commander refused and a battle followed. The mob finally broke through the gates but found no weapons. This was a pivotal event as its fall signaled the end of the absolute monarchy.
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During this bloody year, the Committee of Public Safety was created, and it held almost absolute power and authority. The committee urged war efforts and soon neighboring monarchs were warning of "freedom fever" carried by revolutionaries.
During this time, Robespierre, a leader of the Terror, believed that terror was necessary to protect revolutionary goals. The Terror soon began to collapse and the Convention turned on the Committee of Public Safety and executed its leader, Robespierre.
