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It was the first meeting of Estates General since 1614. The meeting was called because the French government was having severe financial problems. They voted by having each state count as one body. The Third Estate did not like this because they could be outvoted by the First and Second Estate which were much smaller.
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The Tennis Court Oath was a meeting between the three estates to vote to weather or not reassemble wherever it was necessary. The Third Estate had much more power when voting because it was much bigger than both Estate One and Estate Two. It was a very pivotal event in the French Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Court_Oath
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The Storming of the Bastille was a attack on a prison in which the goal was for the people to go inside and steal guns and ammunition because they believed that the extra military at the city was there to slaughter the civilians for being unruly. There was only seven inmates inside of the jail at the time who were freed during the attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille
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The national assembly adopted the Declaration of Rights of Man. The declaration was written by Marquis De Lafayette who also fought in the American Revolution. It was a document that showed and explained what rights you had that could not be infringed upon by other citizens or authority under certain laws.https://www.historycrunch.com/declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen.html#/
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The uprise of slaves was a long thought out process in which the slaves would tell other slaves the plan so that one day they were hoping to overwhelm the plantation owners. It consisted of half a million black slaves rebel against there masters. them.https://revolution.chnm.org/exhibits/show/liberty--equality--fraternity/slavery-and-the-haitian-revolu#:~:text=Just%20a%20few%20months%20later%2C%20on%2022%20August,years%20the%20first%20successful%20slave%20revolt%20in%20history.
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He was executed because he was caught talking to other country's leaders about planning to slaughter his own citizens in the streets. He was convicted of Treason and it was a very close vote but the side which wanted to have him executed had more votes. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-louis-xvi-executed#:~:text=King%20Louis%20XVI%20executed.%20One%20day%20after%20being,in%20the%20Place%20de%20la%20Revolution%20in%20Paris.
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There were five directors and five hundred members of the Directory. When the Directory came into power it had to face many terrible issues like a famine, civil war and the fight for power between royals and regular citizens. https://www.ducksters.com/history/french_revolution/directory.php#:~:text=How%20long%20did%20the%20Directory%20rule%20France%3F%20The,was%20ruled%20by%20the%20Committee%20of%20Public%20Safety.
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The opposing sides were a black ex slave who controlled the North and and mixed race free person who controlled the South. The reason that they both wanted eachothers portion of the land was because they wanted more land and resources. More resources equals more money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Knives#:~:text=The%20War%20of%20Knives%20%28French%3A%20Guerre%20des%20couteaux,free%20person%20of%20color%20who%20controlled%20the%20south.
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The vote was between the parliament and the old regime. The ministers were the ones who oversaw the vote to make sure everything went smoothly. The citizens who voted annually were angry because a new law was restricting them from voting in certain ways that they did not agree with. https://bigsiteofhistory.com/the-constitution-of-1791-the-french-revolution/
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The constitution, which is sent to France, sanctions the structures Louverture has already set in place, and emphasizes the bourgeois principles of the French Revolution. He becomes one of the first African American Governor Generals https://www.bing.com/search?q=Toussaint+L%E2%80%99Ouverture+proclaims+a+new+constitution+in+St.+Domingue+and+is+declared+Governor+for+Life&cvid=66f4bf015d9847d388ade735c7371f65&FORM=ANAB01&PC=DCTS
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This claimed the worlds first black republic. The Declaration that he made was signed by himself and Christophe . The colony of St. Domingue was taken apart and nothing remains of the old colony. https://library.brown.edu/haitihistory/11.html#:~:text=1%20January%201804.%20In%20Gona%C3%AFves%2C%20Dessalines%20proclaims%20Haiti%E2%80%99s,Christophe%2C%20and%20the%20colony%20%E2%80%9CSaint-Domingue%E2%80%9D%20is%20abolished%20forever.
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Mexico announced that it was not apart of Spain anymore calling itself "New Spain". It immediately got war declared on it by Spain because they were very angry about the split because It was a very good source of resources and minerals that they didnt have in Spain.https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/when-did-mexico-gain-independence.html#:~:text=Mexico%20declared%20independence%20from%20Spain%20on%20September%2016%2C,Mulatto%2C%20and%20a%20small%20population%20of%20African%20descent.
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When arriving in Venezuela Simon Bolivar is feared by the locals because they had heard plans of him going there to look for slaves to take back to europe to make a profit off of. It was eventually found out that he went there to talk to there leader about a trade deal.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Bolivar
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Peru declared independence because they did not think it was fare how they were being treated by not having resources sent to them and other necessities like that to survive with. They had a fairly smooth break off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_War_of_Independence#:~:text=During%20the%20first%20decade%20of%20the%201800s%20Peru,Jos%C3%A9%20de%20San%20Mart%C3%ADn%20on%2028%20July%201821.
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Gran Columbia was a mix of many smaller territories and islands that were bought by one country and then put together to form Gran Columbia or as we know it in a different form or size Columbia. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/civilization-west-and-rest/killer-apps/property/map-american-expansion-u-s-a-and-gran-colombia/#:~:text=While%20the%20U.S.%20expanded%20across%20the%20North%20American,Panama%2C%20Ecuador%2C%20and%20parts%20of%20Peru%20and%20Brazil.
