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A popular insurgency culminated on July 14 when rioters stormed the Bastille fortress in an attempt to secure gunpowder and weapons. Many people consider this as the start of the French Revolution. -
Marie Antoinette was beheaded after she spent quite a bit of time in a prison. She was brought before a tribunal two days before her execution. -
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A time where thousands of people were getting arrested and executed during the French Revolution.
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Invented by Richard Reynolds, railways were rarely connected, they were generally used for local freight and passengers. -
Russia burns its towns, buildings, and supplies which forces the French to rely on a supply system, them not having much left. -
Created by the Americans Christopher Sholes, Frank Hall, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. They began production of its first typewriter on March 1, 1873. It had a QWERTY keyboard layout, which was slowly adopted by other typewriter manufacturers. -
he Federation of Organized Trade and Labor Unions, was formed by members of the Knights of Labor and labor leaders. -
social unrest in Russia had been brewing for many years prior to the events of that that year that caused the start of this. -
Bolshevik-led Red Guards deposed the Provisional Government and proclaimed soviet rule. Lenin became a virtual dictator. -
During the period of its existence, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was by area the world’s largest country. It was also one of the most diverse, with more than 100 distinct nationalities living within its borders. The Majority though were Russians, Ukrainians, and Belorussians