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The old Regime is the period of time between 1453 and 1789. In this period the authoritarian monarchies had all the power in decision making while the burgeoise and common people were excluded from society.
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The Eastern Roman Empire was defeated by the Ottoman Empire with the Fall of Constantinople.
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Royalists were defeaed and king Charles I executed.
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Parliamentary monarchy was imposed in which monarchs were under the law and they could not rule on their own.
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King James II was deposed from his throne and a parliamentary monarchy was imposed.
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The Bill of Rights guaranteed certain rights and liberties and pohibited the King to pass laws, create new taxes or collect them without permission of the Pariliament.
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Period of Important industrial and scientific discoveries such as the steam Engine. Youtube
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Series of revoults from the burgeoise to stop Marquis of Esquilache's reforms.
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American traders attacked English ships loaded with tea in the Boston harbour in order to win free trade.
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Revoults by the americans against the European Monarchies that cotroled them.
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Social and political conflict which took place in France and expanded over Europe. Its main causes were the spred of the revolutionary ideas. The main leader of the Revolution was Napoleon Bonaparte. Youtube
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In a tennis court members of the third state joined and proclamed to remain together until France got a constitution.
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Inhabitants of Paris attacked Bastille, which led to the Assembly of Notables.
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The First French Written Constitution established a constitutional monarchy, ended royal absolutism and set the separation of powers.
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Austria and Prussia declared War to revolutionary France.
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Jacobin leader Maximilien Robespierre made a coup d'etat and assumed all powers.
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Revolutionary tribunal led by Georges Danton and Robespierre. In this tribunal, people suspected from opposing the Republic were guillotined.
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Moderate five member goverment. It established the Constitution of 1795, limited suffrage on property ownership.
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Took place because of a coup d'etat by Napoleon Bonaparte. In this dictatorship the power was shared between three consuls, but the reality was that Napoleon had the power.
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Period of time also known as the French Empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. Led to lots of different wars in Europe.
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This battle was won by Great Britian which was not affected by Economic Blockade that France tried to impose
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French battle against Austria. Won by France
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Battle against Prussia won by France
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Period of time in which Latin-America got its independence from the European colonies. This was influenced by the Independence of United States. Youtube
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France against Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Austria were Napoleon was defeated. That same year, he was defeated in Spain
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Napoleon, after his abdication got back the power but was defeated in Waterloo.
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Jos´e de San Mart´in declared Argentina independent.
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San Mart´in also contributed to the independence of Chile winning battles in Maipu and Chacabuco.
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Simon Bolivar won the Colombian independence and created the republic of Gran Colombia, which never succeded.
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Series of revolutions in the 1820s by Spain and Naples, which failed and by Greece, which got its independence.
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Rafael del Riego led a liberal pronuncamiento which got back the Constitution of 1812. It was faced by the army of the Holly Alliance.
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Mexico became independent under the general Agust´in Iturbide.
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Simon Bolivar and San Martin led its army into Peru and obtained its independence.
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Uruguay got its independence from Spain.
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Greece became independent from the Ottoman Empire.
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Revolutions by Spain which failed, France, which got a liberal monarchy and Belgium, which got its independece.
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Belgium became free from the Netherlands.
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War between the supporters of absolutism (supporters of Fernando's brother) and the supporters of liberalism (supporters of Isabel II). Won by isabelinos.
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This process of unification led by Prussia had different stages such as the Zollverien or the Realpolitik.
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Popular Uprising which obligated Isabel II to share the goverment with the progressives
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This process of unification, as the German, took many years as the country was divided in dfferent parts.
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Vittorio Emmanuele II and France won the first war against Austria and recovered Lombardia.
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Very important revolutions mainly by France, Spain, Italy and Germany. This revolutions mostly failed but they achived more libveral goverments.
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By Napoleon's nephew in 1752 after the proclamation of the Second French Republic.
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Vittorio Emmanuele II and Garibaldi joined and recovered Veneto.
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Prussia against Austria, and won a great victory on the Battle of Koniggratz. It was very important for the unification of the north of the German Confederation.
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Pronunciamiento that deposed Isabel II, led by Juan Prim and Serrano.
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Piedmote occupied Rome and made it the capital of Italy.
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The kingdom of Prussia and the German allies defeated Freance in the Battle of Sedan for the unification of the south with the north.
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The Second German Empire was proclamed and Wilhem I was crowned Kaisher (king), and Bismark Chancellor (Prime Minister)