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Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges was born. She was a play wrtier and a political activist. -
Wealth of Nations Published
Adam Smith wrote this book. Adam believed that economic liberty guarentees economic process. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
The Declaration of Independence was writened by Thomas Jefferson. It gave us our independence and was created to brake away from Great Britian. -
The U.S. became a Country
After the American revolution, the U.S. wrote their own consititution and broke away from Britian to become their own country. -
Battle of Trenton
This bttle was fought during the American Revolution. It was fought after General Washington crossed the Delaware River. -
Bad Harvest
The bad harvest this year made the price of grains and bread increase. This made people fight others because bread is a main source of food in France. -
Estates - General Meeting
This was a meeting of all the estates. They wanted to talk about the financial situation. The first and second estates had 300 delegates and the third estate had 600 delegates. This meeting took place at Versailles. -
National Assembly Forms
This meeting during the French Revolution mainly consistated of the Third Estate. The third estate was 97% of the population and pays 50% of their income to taxes. -
Demand for Representation
The third estate, lowest estate, demands for equal and more representation. They vote to establish a National Assembly. On this day the third esate calls themselves the National Assembly. -
Tennis Court Oath
The king locks the doors so the Estates General can't meet. So the third estate meets on a tennis court and plegeds that the meeting won't be over till they have a constitution. -
Storming the Bastille
A mob searching for gunpowder and arms storms the Bastille. Other charged troops were coming to Paris to masacre french citizens. -
Hati declares independence
Hati declares its independence from France. It was the first black nation to declare independence from European rule. -
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a time in the French Revolution when Max. Robespierre was ruling and the guillotine was used to create a sane type of killing. -
Napoleonic invasion of Russia
Napoleon invaded Russia and then conquered Italy. -
War of 1812
It was a battle between the U.S. and Great Britian which when it was concluded, there were no boundary changes. -
Mines Act was Passed
This act stopped women and children from working underground. This was a tough job and also a very dangerous job. -
Workday
In this year the workday for women and children in Britain was limited to 10 hour days. Compared to around 14 hours a day. -
The South Succeds from the North
This was the first act that started the Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This document which was issues twice, by president Abe Lincoln, It said that if the south didn't cease their rebellion the Proclamation would go into place. The main thing this Proclamtion was talking about was slavery. -
Child Labor Laws
In this year, the U.S. ends child labor and sets max. amount of hours. Now your have to have a workers permit to work at a young age.
