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Start of French Revolution
Bastille Day, the people storming the Bastille to get gunpowder and guns to help fight in the revolution. -
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Toussaint L'Ouverture leads slave revolt
Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Haitian people began to rebel against the French in 1791. They rebelled against French to gain there independence. Haiti gained full independence in 1804. -
Napolean becomes emperor of France
In 1804 Napolean crowns himself has emperor of France. -
Haiti Gains independence
Haiti becomes independent from France in 1804. -
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Simon Bolivar liberates Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
Venezuela became independent on July 5, 1811, Columbia became in dependent on July 20, 1810, Ecuador became in dependent on August 10, 1809. Peru becomes independent on July 28, 1821, Bolivia becomes independent on August 6, 1825. -
Farther Miguel Hidalgo inspires revolution in Mexico
In 1810 Miguel inspires the people of Mexico to revolt. -
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Jose de San Martin liberates Argentina and Chile
Jose liberates Chile from January 18, 1817 to February 8, 1817. -
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Zollverein
Zollverein or German Customs Union was a coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories -
Mexico gains independence
In 1810 Mexico gained independence from Spain. -
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Guisseppi Mazzini creates "Young Italy"
The young Italy that Mazzini created started in 1831 with 40 members and grew in 1833 to 500,000. Guisseppi influenced his people by publishing his journal Giovine Italia. -
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War with Denmark
The war with Denmark Began in 1848 and ended two years later in 1850. This war was for Schleswig, a northeastern country that Italy wanted to concur. -
Camillo Cavour becomes Prime minister
Camillo Cavour becomes Prime Minister towards the end of 1852. -
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Italian Role in the Crimean war
The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856. The Sardinia-Piedmont joined the fight on January 1855. The war ended on February 1856. -
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War with Austria
This war began in April of 1859 and ended in July of 1859. The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Franco-Austrian war was fought by the French Empire and the army of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and this played a big part in the process of Italian unification. -
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Garibaldi's Red Shirts capture Sicily
On May 4 1860 Garibaldi's red shirts began to revolt. Faced with over 20,000 Neapolitan Troops he marched across the island toward Palermo. He defeated the Neapolitan troops and began to overthrow Neapolitan rulers that the many Sicilians who joined him hated. -
Victor Emmanuel II is crowned king of unified Italy
Victor Emmanuel becomes king of unified Italy in 1861. -
Otto Van Bismarck became Prime Minister
In 1862 Bismarck is appointed prime minister of Prussia by king Wilhelm 1 -
Blood and Iron speech
Otto Van Bismarck gave the Blood and Iron speech in 1862 about the unification of German territories. -
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The second Reich
The second Reich was from the unification of Germany following the Franco-Prussian War (1870 - 1871) and crowning of Wilhelm 1. -
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War with France
The Italian war against France was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France. This war began on June 10, 1940 and ended on June 22,1940.