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Flying Shuttle
Invented by Jonh Kay, it made the production of textiles easier and led the path to mechanization. -
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1st Industrial Revolution
Period of changes, in economics, technology and demographic that started with the industrialisation of Uk -
Spinning Jenny
Device that made easier weaving. Was other f the reasons for the mecanization. -
Water frame
A machine, that used hydraulic power to process some threads and could work almost by itself. -
Declaration of the Independence (US)
13 British colonies reached an agreement and expressed their desire to stop being a part of the British Empire. This document expresses enlightened ideas of freedom and liberty. -
The Spinning mule
The device, with produced thread invented by Samuel Crompton, was used in the UK frequently. -
The first steamship
The first model of steamship ever made, it used Newcomen's steam engine and was designed by Claude de Jouffroy. -
Power weaving loom
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Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
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Charles IV
Reign of the Spanish Monarch known as Charles IV.
He was advised by ministers like Floridablanca and Godoy. -
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National Assembly
The third state created a national assembly to face the unfair voting system, it was established on a tennis court. (People of the other two classes could participate too, but it was mainly the third state). -
Tennis Court Oath
The king locked the third state out of their meeting place (Salon des Menus Plairsirs), the Tennis Court Oath, which had been built in 1686 to use the Palace of Versailles. Their vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established" -
Convocation of the Estates-General
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Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was attacked by the revolutionaries to obtain gunpowder.
The prison governor was deposed and killed and the political prisoners that were held in captivity there were liberated. -
The rights of man and the citizen
This document established equality, liberty fraternity and respect among all French citizens (obviously men).
This is one of the documents that inspired the further constitution. -
Women's March on Versailles
A mass of angry French (mostly Parisian or surroundings) women, created a protest in Versailles.
They forced King Louis 16th to stay in the Palace of the Tuileries. -
Flight to Varennes
The royal family tried to extort the country and ask for help in Austria. They were caught in the city of Varennes and sent back to Paris. -
Adoption of the first French constitution
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Right of the women and the citizen
The Declaration is a text written by the French writer Olympe de Gouges12 paraphrasing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. -
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Legislative assembly
France was ruled by a constitutional monarchy. -
King Louis execution
Louis 16th was accused of treason.
He was found guilty and died that same day executed on the guillotine. -
Escape to Austria
Royal family trying to escape to Austria were caught in Varennes and had to go back to Paris. -
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"The terror"
The government bosses were the Jacobins with Robespierre as a leader. Many people are executed for being "Enemies of the revolution". -
Maria Antoiniette death
Like her husband, she was found guilty of treason and was taken to the guillotine. -
Treaty of Basel.
Treaties between Prussia, Spain and the French empire made the former coalition powers abandon the aforesaid. -
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New government
France started a new government, the Directory.
They had five directors along assemblies lead the country. -
Napoleo´s Consulate
He led a coup and adopted a new type of government, based by a Roman one, called the Consulate -
Napoleon's coup d'état
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Consulate
France was ruled first by three consuls (of which, Napoleon held the title of first consul) and then only by Napoleon himself as consul for life. -
Treaty of San Ildefonso
Treaty in which, Spain changed its possessions in Louisiana for the Tuscan French pedanies. -
Invention of the locomotive
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Napoleonic empire
Napoleon declared himself emperor of France and he or his family ruled all its territories. -
Adoption of the Napoleonic civil code
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Treaty of Fontainebleau
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Revolt of Aranjuez
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Uprising of the people of Madrid
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War of the Independence
It was a war between the Spanish people and the Napoleonic Empire, in which the Spanish prayed to get rid of the French king Joseph I. -
Abdications of Bayonne
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Reign of Joseph the 1st
Napoleon took over Spain and put his brother, Joseph, as king of Spain. He has to deal with the War of Independence -
Battle of Bailén
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Convocation of the courts of Cadiz
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Appearance of the luddites
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Approval of "La Pepa"
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Treaty of Vallençay
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Battle of Waterloo
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Creation of the Holy Alliance
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First liberal revolutionary wave
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Creation of the first trade unions
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First commercial train
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Second liberal revolutionary wave
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Pragmatic sanction
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Drafting of the communist manifesto
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Third liberal revolutionary wave
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First International
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Constitution of 1869
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Foundation of the PSOE
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Foundation of the CNT
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Treaty of Versailles
