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French Revolution - National Assembly
After being refused to be heard by Louis XVI and allowed into the Estates-General, the Third Estate (the lower 98% of the French population) rebeled in a nonviolent act and pledged the Tennis Court Oath. -
French Revolution - Tennis Court Oath
Created by the National Assembly (NA) and led by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, the Tennis Court Oath had members of the NA pledge to keep meeting until a new, more fair constitutuion was developed. This frightened King Louis XVI, so he allowed the Third Estate to join the General-Estates to give the illusion that he'd greated the National Assembly. -
French Revolution - Creation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Created by Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, and Mirabeau, the DRM&C expresses the rights of all of mankind and their roles in the world. -
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French Revolution - Reign of Terror
When Maximilien Robespierre came to power in what was meant to be a new generation in French history, that's exactly what it became. With at least 16,594 casualties within a year mainly in public by guillotine, France was put in a state of chaos with revolts and rebellions scatered all over the country. Eventually, Robespierre suffered the same fate as many of his victoms and was executed in public via guillotine. -
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Haitian Revolution - War of Knives
After defeating foreign powers, Toussaint Louverture (a black) and his adversary André Rigaud (a mulatto) fought for power of Haiti, which Louverture won. -
Haitian Revolution - Creation of the Haitian Constitution of 1801
On the seventh anniversary of the end of slavery by the National Assembly, Toussaint Louverture had a Constitutional Assembly write a constitution for Saint-Domingue, even though it was still a colony of France -
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French Revolution - Peninsular War
In Napoleon Bonaparte's main attempt to attack Britain, he made the stupid mistake of making it a naval battle. Britain, having the best navy in the world, obliterated France over a seven year spand. This drastically weakened France. and left people questioning Napoleon. -
French Revolution - Creation of the Congress of Vienna
The CV was a conference of ambassadors of European states who met up to discuss the recent fall of France and bring order to Europe. Their decisions included lessen the power of France and strengthening the surrounding counties' power to stop a potential French revolt. -
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Imperialism - Opium War
Scattered between 1839 to 1860, China and Britain went to war over Britain smuggling Opium, a very addictive drug, into China through their one port. The final result ended in a victory for the west. -
Imperialism - Treaty of Nanjing
To mark the end of the First Opium War, Britain and China signed the Treaty of Nanjing.This developed extraterritorial rights and gave Britain the island of Hong Kong. -
Imperialism - Matthew Perry goes to Japan
America, upset with Japan not allowing any foreign trade, did something about it. Perry, with a handful of naval ships, broke through Japan's defences and proposed that if trade was not open within the next year, they'd come back and obliterate them. Japan obayed, and western influences were now available. -
Imperialism - Treaty of Kanagawa
With Perry signing the Treaty of Kanagawa, the US now had access to ports and also promised safty to American citizens in Japan. -
Imperialism - Meiji Era
As soon as fourteen year old Japenese ruler, Mutsuhito, received the throne, he made some changes. He modernized the nation and brought in spheres of influence to help with that. He took ideas from all around the world to make Japan the best it could be. -
Imperialism - Berlin Conference
In an effort to seperate Africa between Europe, 14 different European countries came together in the Berlin Conference. No advisors from Africa were invited. -
Imperialism - Boxer Rebellion
When a Chinese anti-foreign group nicknamed "the boxers" took a stand against foreigh influnces, the were quickly shut down, strengthening foreign influnce in China.
