Timeline of the Revolutions of the Enlightenment

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    Enlightenment Thinkers

  • Estates-General Meets

    Estates-General Meets
    This was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm. It convened for several weeks in May and June 1789
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    French Revolution

  • Tennis Court Oath Taken

    Tennis Court Oath Taken
    On June 20, 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. This was like voting "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established".

  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
    The Bastille was a prison, which was stormed by an angry mob of people on July 14, 1789. This event was one of the main causes of the French Revolution, which led to many other events.

  • Publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

    Publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
    In 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was published. It stated the individual rights of people during the French Revolution.
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    The Haitian Revolution

  • Slaves Rise Up on Northern Plantations of St. Dominigue

    Slaves Rise Up on Northern Plantations of St. Dominigue

  • King Louis XVI Executed by Guillotine

    King Louis XVI Executed by Guillotine
    In 1793, King Louis XVI was executed in the Place de la Revolution.

  • The Directory Takes Control of France

    The Directory Takes Control of France
    The directory was the governing committee until Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government.

  • War of Knives Begins for Control of St. Domingue

    War of Knives Begins for Control of St. Domingue
    Was also known as the war of the south. The war resulted in Toussaint taking control of Saint-Doming and Rigaud fleeing into exile

  • Dessalines Proclaims Haiti's Independence

    Dessalines Proclaims Haiti's Independence
    Jean - Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the island of Hispaniola an independent country under the name Haiti after its original Arawak name.
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    Revolutions of Latin and South America

  • Mexico Declares Independence from Spain

    Mexico Declares Independence from Spain
    Mexico declared independence from Spain because the Mexicans wanted to separate from Spain and create a sovereign government.

  • Peru declares Independence

    Peru declares Independence
    Peru's independence was declared on July 28, 1821.

  • Gran Columbia Formed

    Gran Columbia Formed
    Gran Colombia formed in South America in 1819. It was led by Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military leader. It covers Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, and parts of Peru and Brazil.