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This was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm. It convened for several weeks in May and June 1789 -
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On June 20, 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. This was like voting "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established". -
The Bastille was a prison, which was stormed by an angry mob of people on July 14, 1789. This event was one of the main causes of the French Revolution, which led to many other events.
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In 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was published. It stated the individual rights of people during the French Revolution.
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In 1793, King Louis XVI was executed in the Place de la Revolution.
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The directory was the governing committee until Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government. -
Was also known as the war of the south. The war resulted in Toussaint taking control of Saint-Doming and Rigaud fleeing into exile -
Jean - Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the island of Hispaniola an independent country under the name Haiti after its original Arawak name. -
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Mexico declared independence from Spain because the Mexicans wanted to separate from Spain and create a sovereign government. -
Peru's independence was declared on July 28, 1821. -
Gran Colombia formed in South America in 1819. It was led by Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military leader. It covers Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, and parts of Peru and Brazil.
