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Montesquieu publishes book, On the Spirit of Laws
This is a book that Montesquieu wrote that gave the idea of seperation of powers. He said that there should not be one person with all the powers. His ideas also made checks and balances, a stystem that is used in the goverment today. -
America declares independence
The Second Continental Congress declared indipendence by writing the Declaration of Independence.The document was based on ideas of the Enligtment and John Locke, and was writted by Thomas Jefferson. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution started when the 3rd estate was influenced by ideas of Enligtrenment and by the American Revolution. The 3rd estates ran the revolution. -
Napoleon overthrows the Directory through a coup d’etat
When Napleon returned from Eygpt he got troops to surround and drive out the national legislature. Instead of the Directory, he made the 3 consuls, and he was one -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor, begins to create a vast European Empire
Napoleon wanted to become emporor and the French people supported him. He made a deal with the pope, saying that the pope could become the spiritual leader of France if Napoleon could be the emporor. When the pope was going to place the crown on his head, Napoleon took the crown from him and placed it on his own head. -
Haiti wins freedom from France
On January the 1st, General Dessalines declared Haiti independent. It was the first black colony to become independent from europe. -
Padre Hidalgo calls for Mexican Independence
Higdalgo was a preist in Dolores. He was the first person to call for independence by riging the church bells to have a meeting about rebelling. -
Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon waited to attack the british until the ground dried up. When he was finally ready to attack, with his horses, the prussians had arrived to fight on the British side. With two forces against one Napoloen was defeated. The British then sent him to St. Helena, an isolated island, where he later died.
