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Start of the French Revolution
The start of the revolution took place when there was much political drama, and tax was causing much problems with the lower class. -
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Toussaint L'ouverture leads slave revolt
L'ouverture led a slave revolt on Haiti to drive the French out and free the slaves. He did this successfully and gave the ex-slaves somewhat rights. -
Haiti wins independence
Slaves all over Haiti revolted against the French and drove them out delivering themselves independence. -
Napoleon becomes emperor of France
Napoleon was crowned as Emperor of France due to his public admiration and ambition for France. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo inspires revolution in Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo inspired the revolution through his powerful speeches, and is best remembered for his speech the "Grito de Dolores”. -
Mexico gains independence
Led by Miguel Hidalgo Mexico gained their independence by driving out Spanish control. -
Jose de San Martin liberates Argentina
San Martin liberated Argentina from the Spanish control. -
Jose de San Martin liberates Chile
San Martin drove out the Spanish from Chile and liberated them. -
Simon Bolivar liberates Colombia
Simon Boliver fought the Spanish out of Colombia. -
Simon Bolivar liberates Venezuela
Boliver battled with the Spanish to drive them out of Venezuela. -
Simon Bolivar liberates Peru
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Simon Bolivar liberates Ecuador
Ecuador was freed of Spanish control by Bolivar. -
Simon Bolivar liberates Bolivia
The Spanish were Lastly driven out of Bolivia by the same man who drove them out of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. -
Guisseppi Mazzini creates "Young Italy"
Young Italy was a movement for the youth of modern day Italy, It was founed by Mazzini. -
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Zollverein
The Zollverein was a union formed by the German states. Their purpose was to manage Tariffs and economic policies. -
Victor Emmanuel II is crowned King of unified Italy
Victor Emmanuel II was the first crowned king under a unified Italy since the 6th century. -
Camillo Cavour becomes Prime Minister
Cavour helped lead the unification of Italy under the title of Prime Minister. -
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Italian role in Crimean war.
The Crimean war led to the unification of modern day Italy. Italys joined the alliance with Britain, France, and Turkey. In this alliance they conquered Sicily and joined Piedmont. -
Garibaldis Red Shirts capture Sicily
Garibaldis troops "Red Shirts" won the battle against the strong Sicilian force to help unify Italy. -
Bismarck becomes Prime Minister
Bismarck was a intelligent Prussian man who led the Unification of Germany and much more. -
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Prussia Vs. Denmark
This war was fought over territory. Prussia won successfully, which meant the exclusion of Austrian forces. -
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Prussia Vs. Austria
The seven weeks war was quite successful for Prussia. It concluded that Austria was driven away from Germany. Which helped pave the way united Germany later on. -
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Prussia Vs. France
In this war the weakened France was defeated by Prussia. This defeat on Frances part led to a unified Germany. -
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Second Reich
Also known as the German Empire, This was after Germany unified. During this time emperor Wilhelm I was their leader.