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French Rev. Begins
Bastille Day. The Third Estate storms the military base, Bastille, in order to obtain weapons, and other kinds of goods in order to overthrow King Louis XVI of France. -
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Haitian Revolution
Toussaint L'Ouverture leads a slave rebellion in Haiti. -
Napoleon becomes emperor of France.
In 1804, Napoleon was crowned emperor of France and immediately was liked by the people. -
Haiti wins independence.
After years of fighting, Haiti finally gained it's independence from Frances rule, thanks to the great leadership skills of Toussaint L'Overture. -
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Jose de San Martin liberates Argentina and Chile.
San Martin leas an army to liberate Argentina and Chile from Spanish rule. -
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Simon Bolivar liberates Latin American Countries.
Simon Bolivar leads a very large army to attempt to liberate Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Spanish rule. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo inspires revolution in Mexico.
Father Miguel Hidalgo gives a speech to inspires the Mexicans to revolt against the Spanish rule and to become a free Mexico. -
Mexico gains independence.
Mexico gets rid of Spains rule in Mexico, heavily inspired by Father Miguel Hidalgo, who sadly never got a chance to see a free Mexico. -
Giuseppe Mazzini creates Young Italy
Giuseppe Mazzini created Young Italy, an organization where Giuseppe Mazzini talked about how he wished that Italy would be united. -
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Zollverein
Otto von Bismarck makes a law that makes all goods transported through the German kingdoms no longer have a tariff to try to help unite Germany. -
Camillo Cavour becomes Italy's Prime Minister
Camillo Cavour, a man who really wants to unify Italy, is appointed Prime Minister of Sardinia, and immediately starts to work on Italy's unification. -
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Italy participates in the Crimean War
Italy fights in the Crimean war in order to get a seat at the Peace Conference and to show the rest of the world that even though they were small, they can get things done. -
Garibaldi's Red Shirts capture Sicily
Garibaldi leads an army of Italian Guerrillas to take over the two Sicily's that he turns over to the Sardinian King, Victor Emmanuel II in hopes to help unify Italy. -
Victor Emmanuel II is crowned King of unified Italy
Victor Emmanuel II is appointed the first king of a united Italy since the sixth century. -
Bismarck becomes Prime Minister
Otto von Bismarck, a man who is known for getting his jobs done, no matter the cost, is appointed Prime Minister of Prussia, a large German-speaking kingdom. -
Blood and Iron speech.
Otto von Bismarck gives a speech about how to effectively unite the 39 German kingdoms. -
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Prussia wars with Denmark
Otto von Bismarck starts a war with Denmark to free the German people of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmarks rule. -
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Prussia wars with Austria
Otto von Bismarck starts a war with Austria to show Austria how powerful Prussia has become and to make the rest of the German kingdoms join Prussia. -
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Prussia wars with France
Otto von Bismarck starts a war with France to keep the French weak and to not allow them to have a good economy. -
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The Second Reich
Kaizer William II is crowned the leader of the Second Reich from 1888 to 1918, when he was abdicated from the throne after Germany lost World War One.
