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French Revolution
A period in France when the French monarchs were executed by the French revolutionary government. Prior to the revolution, the third estate or peasants paid all the nations taxes. They felt they had no power and seized it from the King. It was a major event in world history because it started a trend in Europe of moving away from absolute monarchies and towards democracy. -
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World War I
War fought in Europe at the start of the 20th century. It was started by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by a Serbian Nationalist. The war brought all the major industrial nations of Europe against each other resulting in close to 20 million casualties. Although the war ended in 1918, its peace settlement would cripple the German economy and lead to lingering hostilities that would lead to World War II.