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Start of the French Revolution
The Bastille was stormed July 14, 1789, after the third estate demanded the king to have more say in government. -
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Toussaint L'Ouverture leads slave revolt
Toussaint L'Ouverture was a former slave who fought against slavery and ended it. He gained independence in Haidi from Europen Powers. -
Haiti wins independence
Haiti won its independence at the end of the Haitian Revolution against France when former slave Toussaint L'Ouverture ends slavery. -
Napoleon becomes emperor of France
Napoleon was an emperor that French voters strongly believed in. He made peace with the Catholic Chuch. He also created order, security, and efficiency replaced liberty, equality, and fraternity as his regimes slogan. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo inspires revolution in Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo, a Catholic, Mexican priest started the revolution in Mexico and was killed before the war ended. -
Jose de San Martin liberates Argentina and Chile
San Martin was a creole officer who had trained in the Europen armies. He was able to liberate Argentina and Chile from Spanish control after he met Simon Bolivar in Guayaquil. He felt that only a monarchy would work. -
Simon Bolivar liberates Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
In 1808, Napoleon took over the Iberian peninsula/ Latin America and captured the Spanish king and his son. Simon Bolivar, who was a naturally good leader and military general led the colonies and fought against the French who had control over latin america. Bolivar won and liberated the spanish colonies. -
Mexico gains independence
Mexico gains its independence after Napoleon's occupation of Spain led to the outbreak of revolts all across Spanish America. Miguel Hidalgo. -
Guisseppi Mazzini creates "Young Italy"
"Young Italy" was created by Mazzini to promote the fight for Italian independence and unity. -
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Zollverein
Zollverein was the custom that dissolved tariffs barriers between German-speaking states. The Prussians offered the throne to Frederick William IV who rejected it because it was offered by the people. -
Italian Role in the Crimean war
In 1855 Sardinia, Britain, and France teamed up in the Crimean war against Russia. This resulted in a voice for Sardinia at the peace conference. -
Camilo Cavour becomes Prime Minister
Cavour was made the prime minister because he improved agriculture and built railroads. His long-term goal was to drive Austria from Italy and add Lombardy and Venetia to Sardinia. -
Garibaldi's Red Shirts capture Sicily
Garibaldi leads man 1,000 man militia into Sicily. They defeat Sicily and Naples and turn it over to Sardinia. Italy gets united and Victor Emmanuel the second is the king of United Italy. -
Victor Emmanuel II is crowned King of unified Italy
Victor Emmanuel II is crowned after Sicily is defeated. After the Kingdom of Italy was established he decided to continue on as King Victor Emmanuel II instead of Victor Emmanuel I of Italy. -
Blood and Iron speech
The Blood and Iron speech was given by Otto von Bismark, the Prussian chancellor about the unification of Germany. -
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War with Denmark
When Otto von Bismarck led the Prussian army to the border into Schleswig, Denmark fought the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire. -
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War with Austria
The Revolutionaries of Prussia wanted an alliance with Austria to help with the unification of Germany. When the Prussian chancellor, Bismark attacks Austria, he takes Holsen and other northern German states. -
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War with France
The Franco-Prussian war in 1820 was caused because Bismark edited the "Ems dispatch" document and made it look like William I insulted Napoleon lll. This made France furious. They declare war with Prussia and are then defeated leading to the Birth of the German Empire. -
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2nd Reich
The 2nd Reich was the German Empire. It was established in 1871, when Otto von Bismarck united all of the small German states under the Prussian flag, following the Franco-Prussian war. The 2nd Reich lasted from 1871 to 1918, when it was defeated in the first world war. -
Bismarck becomes Prime Minister
Otto von Bismark becomes prime minister as a reward from Kieser Willhelm the first for unifying the German states.