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A cultural movement of English thinkers starting in Europe. It was about using reason and individualism rather than tradition.
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The start of new manufactoring processes.
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A period of radical social and poliical upheavel in France. It affected modern History in France, such as declining monarchys and suppression of the fuedal system.
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In 1789, members of the Third Estate formed a group and called themselves The National Assembly.
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An oath pleged by over 500 members of the Third Estate in a Tennis Court when they found that they had been locked out of their Meeting Hall.
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A slave revolt in Saint-Domingue (a French Colony), which was to try and eliminate slavery there.
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A revolt led by Dutty Boukman during the Haitian Revolution.
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A period of violence inflicted after the French Revolution because of rival political factions.
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A conflict between Toussaint L'Ouverture and Andre Rigaud after the Haitian Revolution.
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A military battle between the allied powers of Spain The U.K, and Portugal against France over control of the Iberian Peninsula.
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A conference between ambassadors from European states to provide long term peace for Europe.
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A war caused against Britian and China over the trade of Opium in China.
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When British representative Sir Henry Pottinger and Qing representatives, Qiying, Yilibu, and Niujian, signed The Treaty of Nanjing.
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A conference that had to do with European colonization and trade in Africa.
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A violent rebellion which took place in China, because of freign residents, influence, and religion.