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Hobbes writes "Leviathan"
the horrors of the English Civil War convinced him that humans were naturally selfish and wicked. -
John Locke publication
The outline a theory of human knolege identity and selfhood -
French and Indian War
Also called the 7 years war. the war began because britain felt they needed to prevent the french from gaining control. -
American Revolution
British soldiers and american millitary men exchanged gunfire on the village green in Lexington, Massachusetts. -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
On this day in 1776 members of congress affix their signatures to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independants. -
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French revoloution
WAR! -
Tennis Court Oath
Nobles and members of the clergy who favored the reform joined the 3rd estate delegates. -
Storming of the Bastille
Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the bastille. -
Execution of the Louis XVI
one day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreighn powers in sentanced to death. yay! -
Committee of Public Safety
The committie of Public Safety succeded the previous committie of general defence. -
Execution of Robespierre
he was exicuted -
Napoleon disbands the Directory
the directory have very little popular or elite support left and napolean returned to paris then over through the directory. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
he established the naploeanic code -
Napoleon invades Portugal
threatend by a humiliating ultmatun from napoleon, the portuguese government acceded to most of the demands of the french emperor. -
Napoleon invades Russia
napoleon hoped to compel tsar alexander I of russia to cease trading with british merchants. -
Napoleons first exile
on this day in 1814 napoleon bonaparte, emperor of france and one of the greatest military leaders in history abdicates the throan, and in the treaty of fontainebleau, is banished to the mediterranean island of elba. -
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Congress of Vienna
congress provided a long term peace plan for Europe for settling critical issues. -
Defeat at Waterloo
a french army under the command of napoleon was defeated by the armies of the seventh coalition. -
Napoleons death
french military leader who died as a british prisoner. -
Nap. is exiled to St. Helena.
napolean, the former french ruler who once ruled an empire that streched across Euroupe dies as a british prisoner.
