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Jean-Jacques Dessalines led the battle of Vertieres where they defeated the French and gained independence.
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After Napoleon Bonaparte, The Congress of Vienna was made to bring a balance of power in Europe. They wanted to maintain peace and prevent future war.
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The treaty of Frankfurt am Main was signed and that is what ended the war.
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It was done to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa.
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It was started by local peasants but it was eventually supported by the Chinese government. It was a violent group trying to "cleanse" China of all foreigners.
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Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Isabella of Austria-Hungary were shot by an group called the black hand sent my serbia. This event is essentially what began World War I.
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Inflation and food shortages caused the russians to revolt.
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The germans suspected that great britain was smuggling supplies out on cruise ships. So, using submarines they blew the lusitania up, killing americans bringing us into the war.
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The treaty of versailles was signed to prevent another war and to punish germany.
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It was a time of economic grief for pretty much the whole world after the Wars.
