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A new constitution, known as the Constitution of the Year VIII (the fourth since 179 1) is proclaimed and submitted for approval in a plebiscite. This constitution is not preceded by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. In a preface announcing the new constitution the following is declared: "Citoyens, la Revolution est fixee aux principes qui Pont commencee: elle est finie."
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Published Vindications of the rights of women
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period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799
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The First Assembly of Notables. Raising taxes is discussed and rejected. Since 1786, when Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Controller General of Finances, announced a financial crisis, solutions had been sought and none had been found. Aristocratic resistance to the King's attempt to impose taxes and limit privileges made reform impossible. On May 25, this Assembly is dissolved.
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The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America.
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He wrote "treatise of goverment" and "concerning of human understanding"
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René Descartes' Treatise on Man is published posthumously arguing that human anatomy and physiology can be understood by means of mechanical principles.
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The English attorney and advocate of the 'New Science', Francis Bacon (1561-1626) published his justly famous Novum organum, which sought to establish a method based on observation and experiment in opposition to Aristotle (who wrote the 'original' Organon).
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was an intellectual movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century.
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refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to changes in social & institutional organization
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Signing of the Treaty of Paris Ending the Seven Year’s War, also known as the French and Indian War in North America. France ceded all mainland North American territories, except New Orleans, in order to retain her Caribbean sugar islands. Britain gained all territory east of the Mississippi River; Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi, but exchanged East and West Florida for Cuba.
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Adoption of the American Constitution
