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The storming of Bastille happened because the people needed gunpowder so they could fight. This storming led to the beginning of the French Revolution
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Toussaint who is a former slave and an excellent General leads slaves in a revolt against France. He decided to lead the revolt because the slaves were overworked and the labor was intensive
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Toussaint L'Ouverture (a former slave) leads a slave revolt and helps Haiti win its independence.
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Napoleon took the title of Emperor and held a plebiscite at each step on his rise to power. The French people strongly supported him and all his choices. By 1810 Napoleon either controlled or was allies with every country in Europe except England.
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Jose helps Chile become independent from spain
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Simon was able to liberate Colombia and let them gain independence from Spain.
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Know as Father Miguel Hidalgo; Miguel was a Creole Mexican Priest. Miguel started a revolutionary movement in Mexico and was killed before the movement ended.
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Simon was a leader in the war for independence in South America. He led multiple contires to their independence including Venezuale .
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Simon liberates Peru from Spain.
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He liberates Argentina and they become independent
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Simon Bolivar helps Equador become independent and succeeds in doing so with help from Antonio Jose de Sucre, he was able to free Ecuador from Spain's grasp.
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Bolivia becomes independent and it resulted in rebel victory
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Giuseppe Mazzini promoted a "Young Italy" and talked about a place for people to be united and equal
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The Zollverein is the German customs union established in 1834 under Prussian leadership. It dissolves Tarif between German-speaking states.
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The revolutionary tract called for the end of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, and racial equality.
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Italy allied with Britain, France, and Turkey against Russia. They did this because they were fighting over the Ottoman Empire
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The "Red Shirts" was a name given to the people who followed Garibaldi. The "Red Shirts" campeign got many victories in uniting Southern Italy.
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Bismarck always did what was best for the people. For example when he passed a law of "Kultur Kampf" to stop Catholic threat. When he saw that the people rallied him, he quickly makes peace with the church
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Camillo was in charge of the unification. His goal was to extend Sardinia's power and make it one of the leading nations in Europe.
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Victor is crowned king of unified Italy.
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The Blood and Iron speech was the speech that Otto Von Bismarck gave when he was the minister of Prussia. He gave this speech about the about the unification of German territories. Bismarck also built a strong link between Austria and Russia
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Prussia wanted the 2 German-speaking states in Denmark. The war began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig.
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Prussia goes to war with Austria for the control over united Germany. 1866 Bismarck attacks Austria, takes Holstein and other North German stares.
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The 2nd Reich is when Germany separated themselves from a unified Country. Through the 1880s and 1890's Germany quickly industrialized and its economy grew fast. Their army was becoming the worlds strongest.
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France is weak in the 1870s but England is a top country at the time; if Bismarck starts the fight he looks like a "bully". If he gets France to start the fight first he looks like he is defending himself. So Bismarck sends an insulting letter to the king of France so he can declare war and that is exactly what the king did.
