Unit 4 enlightenment and Nationalist Revolution

  • montesquieu publishes book On the Spirit of Law

    In this book Montesquieu proposed that seperation of power would prevent one person or group from gaining total control of the government.
  • America declares independence

    in July of 1776 the founders of America met in a Continiental ohn Locke and the other enlightnemnet thinkers. This document was the birth of America.
  • French Rev.

    The french revolution ended the thousand-year rule of kings in France and established the nation as a republic. The revolution started becuase King Louis xvi had left the French parliament to deal with an enormous national debt Which had angered the French people, leading them to overhtrow the king.
  • Napoleon crowns himself emporer, begins to create a vast European Empire

    At Napoleon height of leadership he made the concordat which put him at the highest rank anyone could ever be. Thus crowning himself empoer of France. After this he began his never ending strife to claim all the land around France, this was a sucsess for most of his time ruling.
  • Haiti wins freedom from France

    with the help of Toussaint L'Ovvuture the slaves in haiti will be the first slaves to ever over throw thier owners and suceed. The slave allies helped find the loop holes in the frech army, this is what helped the slaves win the war. In the end over 1 million slaves became French citizens.
  • Padre hidalgo calls for Mexican Independence

    Padre hidalgo was the priest of the village of Dolores in MOxico and he started tge Mexican Rev. with the Grito de Dolores.
  • Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo