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Widespread crop failure in France led to the double of bread pricing
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Third Estate rebels and demands a constitution.
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Parisians storm the Bastille to seize weapons to defend themselves against the King’s Swiss Guard
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Nobles fear an uprise in the serf populous so they limit their rights in order to restrict them
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Women in Versailles, France riot over how expensive bread is
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The Constitution established a legislative assembly
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Louis XVI, the final ruler of France before Napoleon, is executed
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The man who caused the great fear is now dead!
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Napolean declared himself emperor of France
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The Slave Trade Act was an Act of Parliament made in the United Kingdom passed on 25 March 1807, with the long title "An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade".
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Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba after losing to the Russians
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Napoleon, after losing at Waterloo, was exiled again to Saint Helena
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The opium wars, known as the Anglo-Chinese wars, were divided into Opium war 1 (1839-1843) and Opium war 2 (1856-1860)
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China lost the Opium War, and was forced to sign a humiliating treaty. The treaty gave Britain the island if Hong Kong, and extraterritorial rights.
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Russia tried to fight the Ottomans for control of the Mediterranean but lost. This war led to the Ottoman empires decline.
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The crimean war against Russia was fought by Britian France and the ottomans.
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This grants Russia the coast around the newly founded city of Vladivostok
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Politicians realized that they were one of the few empires that had not industrialized and they needed to start.
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The samurai and the feudalistic empire is ended
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In 1868 the shogun lost power and the emperor was given control
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They won the Anglo-Egyptian war.
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The Indian National Congress was formed to promote the obtaining a greater share in government for educated Indians.
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Connected the main parts of Russia to vital resources in Siberia
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Japan vs China and Japan won territories in Korea
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Japan vs Russia and Japan won, gaining parts of Manchuria. This war began to show Japans power.
