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Tennis Court Oath
This was the first step to the Third Estate of France forming an organized protest of the French Government in the lead-up to the French Revolution. It was also significant because in the modest surroundings they took a historic oath not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted. -
Civil Constitution of Clergy
It was significant to the French Revolution because it helped reorganize the Roman Catholic Church in France. It was also used to reduce the bishops from 135 to 83, then after that the citizens got to elect bishops and parish priests. This was important because they wanted the Clergy to take an oath declaring their support of the nation's constitution and also the reorganization of the church. -
Constitution of 1791
This retained the monarchy. But sovereignty effectively resided the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. -
Invasion of Russia
This invasion was because the Russians had refused to remain in the Continental System, making Napoleon having to invade, because of how little choices he had. By the Russians not wanting to go to battle, they burned their own villages & countryside to keep Napoleon's army from finding food. But when the Russians did fight at Borodino, Napoleon's forces won the battle. By the time French finally reach Moscow, they found the city ablaze. By that they abandoned the Russian capital, late October. -
Battle of Trafalgar
This was a battle that ensured that Napoleon would never invade Britain again. This battle lasted five hours and towards the Britains victory; a French sniper shots Nelson in the shoulder and chest. But his last words made all the difference. Nelsons last words were, after being informed that victory was imminent, were "Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty." By Nelson's death he was soon honored by the community renaming numerous streets after him. -
Battle of Austerlitz
This battle was also called Battle of the Three Emperors. This battle was one of Napoleon's greatest victories that effectively ended the War of the Third Coalition. Napoleon's troops took out almost nine hundred thousand Russians, with only 68 hundred thousand troops of France. -
Invasion of Spain
This invasion was in the autumn of 1807 when Napoleon moved French troops through Spain to invade Portugal. Napoleon took a hundred thousand troops into Spain under the pretext of supporting the invasion, Napoleon then deposed the existing Spanish monarch in April 1808 in order to place his own brother Joseph on the throne. Although the ensuing Spanish uprising can hardly have come as a surprise to Napoleon, he failed to see that the revolt could never be completely put in end to. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, that took place in Belgium, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon was the one who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution (1789-1799), seized control of the French government in 1799 and became emperor in 1804. The last battle Napoleon was able to fight before being banished to the island of Saint Helena -
D-Day
More than 16 hundred thousand Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5 thousand Ships and 13 hundred thousand aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. -
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Israeli War of Independence
Prior to Israel's independence, the territory was called Palastine controlled by Britain. Britain allowed Israel to become a nation, however, Isreali neighbors did not want them there and attacked them in a series of wars. First was the War of Independence, followed by the Six Day War in 1967. Next was the War of Attrition, followed by Yom Kippur War in 1973. This allowed the Israelis to become their own nation. -
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“The Tanker War”
This was the First Persian Gulf War that involved the U.S. and Kuwait. Also known by the U.S. code-name "Operation Earnest Will." The Tanker War was so called, because Iran attacked Iraqi tanker ships. Because of the vital importance of oil to America, the United States sent its war ships to protect the tanker ships. -
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Second Persian Gulf War
The Americans knew it as the Second Gulf War known by the code-name "Operation Desert Storm." This action lasted less than a month with the country of Kuwait being liberated from the Iraqi invasion. The Allied forces did a great job of deserving the Iraqi forces by letting them think there was to be a beach invasion into Kuwait. In reality the Allied forces went across the Saudi Arabian border into Iraq and surrounded the Iraqi forces into surrendering.
