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The Reign of Louis XVI and Marie (didn't list a date or time really)
They took over the positions of King and Queen after the death of King Louis XV. They didn't want to reform the monarchy. In which the tried to escape and were brought back into France where Louis XVI had to except the constitution of 1791. They were than arrested and imprison in 1972. The same year the monarchy was abolished by the National Convention. They both were convicted of treason and were executed. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Was a French military leader. He helped conquer most of the land in Europe in the early 19th century. He gain political power in 1799 and crowned himself emperor in 1804. He invaded russia in 1812, and was exiled 2 years later. He returned to power in 1815. After the defeat in the battle of Waterloo he was again exiled and later died at the age of 51. -
Robespierre
He was a leader of the Jacobin group.He defended the poor. He became the Estate General of the French legislature. He also became part of the comittee of Public Saftey. He took a part of the Reign of Terror. He later was exiled. -
National Assembly
Was a revolutionary assembly formed by people in the Third Estate. It became part of the capitlist, dealing with the national dept, and the people.This group also helped with the food shortage among the people. -
Tennis Court Oath
After the king refused to even recognize the National Assembly and after he made all activies that the Third Estate was doing illegal. The National Assembly made a oath that they would not seperate until a new constitution was made. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
This declaration is simular to the Declaration of Independance. It states that all man are equal and have the exact same rights as everyone else.This document was approved by the National Assembly of France. -
Jabobins (Did't have a exact date)
The Jabobins is a political club of the French Revolution. They fought to limit the powers that the king had. One of the main focus was to gain support from people outside the Assembly. This group became more for the replubican life style.They relied alot on the strength of the Paris Commune. The leaders instituted the Reign of Terror. -
Committe of Public Saftey
This counsil was created on behalf of the war. It was created so that not one person or group gain too much power. They were responsible for the outcome of the Reign of Terror. -
Napoleonic Code
Gave France it's first set of laws regarding property, colonial affairs, the family, and individual rights. It over all gave more rights to the men, gave no women individual rights, and reduced rights to the children. It gave each and every men the same equal rights. It applied to people under Napoleons control, some other European countries, along with some countries in South America. -
Communism (no exact date)
A political or economic doctrine that wants to replace private property and wants to control major production and the natural resources. Is a form of socialism. Marx identified two types of communism. One in which a working class controlled the government and the other where the government has complete controll. -
Tsar Nicholas II (could not find exact date)
Was the last emperor of Russia. He took over the throne after the death of his father in 1894. After he poor handled the Bloody Sunday and after his role in World War I he was executed. The Bloody Sunday was when he lead troops to open fire on the demonstration killing thousands of innocent people. -
Vladimir Lenin (No exact date)
He was a political leader and helped with the revolution in the 20th century. He was the first head of the USSR. He became the of the Bolshevik. -
Rasputin (No exact date)
Played a part as a mystical adviser in the court of Czar Nicholas II. He became known for his healing powers and Nicholas's wife favored him becasue she believed that he could heal their sons sickness. -
Russo-Japanese War
Was fought between both the Russian and Japanese empire over the rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. In which Japan became the first Asian Power to defeat a European Power. -
Duma
A Russian assembly with advisory or legislative funtions. The first duma was introduced by Tsar Nicholas II in 1906. -
Marxism( No date founded)
A body of doctrine devoloped by Karl Marx. It consisted of the ideas of; a theory of history, and an economic, and a political program. -
February Revolution
When riots and strikes happened all Russia due to the scarcity of food that errupted in Petrograd. This happened because Russians started to loose faith in the government and the leaders. When food prices started to rise the strikimg began. -
Bolshevik Party (Couldn't find exact date)
This oganization was lead by Lenin. Who seized control of the government and became the dominant political power. Lenin insisted that the group be restricted to professional revolutionaries. -
October Revolution
Bolshevik lead workers and peasants into a revolution that lasted two days. In which the destroyed government buildings and other strategic locations with Lenin leading them in charge. The after math of this revolution left Lenin in charge and it fomed a new government. -
Stalin (couldn't find exact date)
Was the leader of the soviets from the mid 1920s to his death date in 1953. He was the dictator of the state. Where he trasformed the Soviet Union from a peasant society to a industrial and military power. He was a allied in World War II with the Unitedd States and Britain but then later on he engages with the west in the Cold War. -
Fulgencio Batista
When Fulgencio took over he threw the liberal government, which market the beginning of having the army influence in the running of the government. The United States favored him the most. Saying that he's the only one in Cuba who knew how to represent authority. Which caused Batista to make the formal presidency resign and to appoint a new one in charge. He was just like the U.S. who feared liberal social and economic revolution. -
Cold War
Churchill gave a speeach which was one of the earliest events. Happened because of the tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S,A after World War II happened. Lasted for most of the second half of the 20th century. This brought the worlds superpowers to the brink of disaster. -
Fidel Castro
He helped lead the Cuban Revolution and served as president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008. He over threw earlier leader Batista and served as prime minister until he became president in 1976. He allied with the Soviets, which lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro overthrew General Fulgencio Batista.For 2 years the U.S. State department and the C.I.A. tried to throw Castro from power. In 1961 C.I.A. sent 1,400 American-trained Cubans to try and win back Cuba from Castros' power. But this mission failed because they were out numbered by his troops and within 24 hours they surrendered. -
Che Guevara
Was a Marxist revolutionary allied with Castro. He went over to Cuba as a medical doctor for the U.S. but he quickly switch sides. Became Castro 2nd in command after the bay of pigs. He was part of the plan to oveerthow the Batista government in Cuba. Castro left him in charge of a prison. He tried to Bolivia people to go against their government. But got no where with that. Guevara was later captured and killed on Oct 9, 1967. -
Poverty
Poverty means that you lack a state of something, rather it be money or a material item. Poverty hit cuba hard after Castro took over and stopped allowing the United States to Cubas goods in the U.S.A. -
Communist
Major Pedro Diaz Lanz took the United States that Castro was a communist. This information that they had they kept out of the media. His supporters were trained by Russia and he was carring out a communist revolution. -
Embargo
The United States places a blockage of exports that was going into Cuba except for food and medical items. After the fact that Cuba refused to export oil to the United States along with some other goods including sugar. -
Nationalize( Didn't have exact date)
U.S. owned businesses in cuba where taken away from them and given to Cuba for controll without compensation. Which then lead the United States to put a blockage in place stoppong all exports from Cuba besides from food and medical items. -
Caban Missle Crisis
The U.S. and the Soviets engages in a 13-day political standoff. Over the Missiles that the Soviets had armed in Cuba 90 miles form the United States shoreline. President Kennedy than made a blockage around Cuba. The out come of this debate was that the Soviets would remove the Missiles from Cuba if the U.S. agreed never to invade Cuba. -
The Reign of Terror
After the death of Louis XVI. A new justice system called the guillotine took over. The Revolutionary Tribunal excuted over 2,400 people by July 1794, Over 30,000 people lost their lifes in that year. So the Terror was created to fight the enemies of the Revolution.
