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Britain Passes the Stamp Act
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Britain Passes the Coercive Acts
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Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence
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Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War
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US Constitution signed
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Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly
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Estates General meets at Versailles
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Storming of the Bastille
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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Tennis Court Oath
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The Poissades (Fish Women) March on Versailles
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Bill of Rights added to Constitution
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Royal Family Arrested while Fleeing France
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Louis XVI Executed
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Reign of Terror
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Creation of the Committee on Public Safety
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Robespierre Executed
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Napoleon Seizes Power
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Foundation of the Bank of France
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Napoleon signs the Papal Concordat
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor
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Napoleonic Code
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Height of Napoleon’s Grand Empire
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Napoleon Invades Russia
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Napoleon retreats from Russia
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Napoleon Exiled to Elba
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Napoleon Escapes from Elba
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Napoleon redraws the maps of Europe
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Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo and Exiled to St. Helens