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french economic crisis
The french economy was in deep trouble, bad harvests a slowdown of the manufacturing led to food shortages rising taxes for food and unenployement. -
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reign of Charles IV
fifth monarch of the House of Bourbon. -
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french revolution
was a period of radical political and societal change in France -
fiscal reform
the king called the estates general to discuss a fiscal reform -
tennis court oath
the National Assembly decrees that all members of his assembly shall take a solemn oath not to separate until the constitution of the kingdom is established on firm foundations -
the storming of the Bastille
The mob joined by some of the king soldiers stormed the bastille, they could attack poular neighbourhoods. -
the votes to eliminate feudal dues, serfdom...
They eliminated feudal dues, serfdom, tithes, hunting and fishing rights and personal privileges -
declaration of rights of man
The Assembly adopts this important document, which was inspiredby the American Declaration of Independance, it affirmed the rights of man to liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression. -
Womens march on Versatiles
They marched in demand of bread, the king give them bread but after that the king was forced to approve all the National Assembly decrees. -
church reforms
Secularization of the Clergy and a Civil Constitution for the Church -
Kings execution
The royal family was arrested. The king was guillotined in January of 1793 -
The Jacobins move on the national Assembly
The Jacobins overthrew the Girondins on the National Assembly. -
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The Peninsular War
was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula , against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. -
revolution of 1848
these revolutions were a mix of liberal and national revolutions hence historians call 1848 the spring of nations -
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Berlin Conference
Known as The Berlin Conference, they sought to discuss the partitioning of Africa, establishing rules to amicably divide resources among the Western countries at the expense of the African people -
Battle of Adwa
Climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Ethiopian forces defeated the Italian invading force on Sunday 1 March 1896, near the town of Adwa. -
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Boxer Rebellion
It was a movement against the commercial, political, religious, and technological influence of Westerners in China, which took place during the last years of the nineteenth century. -
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Maji Maji Rebellion
The Maji Maji Rebellion was an armed rebellion of Islamic and animist Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania).