Americans reject the authority of Britain to tax the 13 colonies, retroactively validating local protests such as the Boston Tea Party (16 December 1773) 

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by Vivian Mourad

The controller of fiannces, Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, arranged a summon of notables to propose reforms by increasing taxation of the privileged classes in order to eliminate budget deficit. They would not take responsibility for the reforms, and the efforts made by the notables to enforce fiscal reforms despite resistances of privileged classes causes people to revolt against the aristocratic class, specially parlements who had reduced powers from the edict of May 1788. There were further tensions with elections. 

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by Violet Urffer

The French Revolution occurred from 5 May 1789 to 9-10 November 1799. Image: Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, Representation of The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 26 August 1789 (c. 1789). This work is in the public domain in the United States.

On 5 May 1789, the Estates-General, representing the nobility, the clergy, and the common people, held a meeting at the request of the King to address France’s financial difficulties. At this meeting, the Third Estate (the commoners) protested the merely symbolic double representation that they had been granted by the King. This protest resulted in a fracture among the three estates and precipitated the French Revolution. On 17 June, members of the Third Estate designated themselves the National Assembly and claimed to represent the people of the nation, thus preparing the way for the foundation of the republic. Several pivotal events followed in quick succession: the storming of the Bastille (14 July), the approval of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (26 August), and the march on Versailles that led to the enforced relocation of the royal family to Paris (5-6 October). These revolutionary acts fired the imagination of many regarding the political future of France, and, indeed, all of Europe. The republican period of the revolution continued in various phases until 9-10 November 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte supplanted the government.

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Diane Piccitto, "On 1793 and the Aftermath of the French Revolution"

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by David Rettenmaier

In response to the calling of the Estates-General a month prior, the Third Estate, comprised of the common people, formed their own assembly due to the unfair nature of voting in the Estates-General. They proposed to procede without the other two estates in regards to forming new laws.

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by Lio Lao

Richard Price, in the 1789, delivered A Discourse on the Love of Our Country in support of the French Revolution. He praised the principles of the French philosophy, as he compared its resemblence to the Glorious Revolution of England a century earlier. 

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by Gabriella Treece

The effect of an ongoing French Revolution was felt even in the French colony of Haiti. The white population living inthe major Haitian city of St. Dominigue was split into Royalist and Revolutionary groups. Simultaneously, those of mixed race were campaigning for rights and slaves were organizing a massive rebellion against slaveowners.

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by Angeline Nguyen-Phan

The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was a radical social revolution against racial slavery and French colonial domination. In this sense, an understanding of the Haitian Revolution can be split into two chronological chunks; a revolution against racial slavery (1791-1801) and against French colonial rule (1801-1804). 

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by Luna Crone-Baron

Two revolts broke out in Haiti. Slaves revolted in the North of the island  and the emancipated mixed race children of slave owners revolted in the West of the island.

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by Alexander Berezov

State sanctioned violence during the French Revolution. About 20,000 to 40,000 people were killed.

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by India Balora

King Louis the XVI was beheaded on January 21st after being tried and found guilty by the National Convention on January 18th for treason (against the people). He was the last king of France and the last of the Bourbon line of monarchs. His death came as the culmination of years of turmoil with the disatisfaction of how he and the monarchy treated the poorer citizens of France.

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by Azazel Pan

Period of violence, when a group of radical Jacobins led by Robespierre were active. Characterized by arrests and execution of lots of political opponents. 

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by Qiantong Liu

This marked the beginning of the third phase of the revolution.

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by Emily Doupe

Robespierre, a leader of the French Revolution, was arrested and killed. 

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by Eva Grant

Napoleon sends around 50 ships to regain control of Haiti, then called Saint-Domingue. The fleet was led by his brother-in-law and he expected it to be a short endeavor, instead it lasted for nearly 2 years and the French lost around 50,000 men. The remaining forces retreated. 

Noteably, Napoleon lost more soldiers here than he did in Waterloo

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by Jada Jo

In 1801, Toussaint L’Ouverture promulgated the first constitution in the Atlantic world that abolished slavery and forbade racial discrimination. 

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by Diya Yaga

Napoleon's forces abduct Toussaint, begins secound phase of Hatian Revolution. 

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by Addisyn Davis

In 1803, led by Dessalines, the revolutionary army of ex-slaves defeated the French, and declared the island independent and named it Haiti (its original indigenous name)

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by Andrew Anderson

Under the guise of negotiation, L'Overture was captured and transported to the Fort de Joux France in 1802, where he died in captivity of malnutrition and pneumonia after 8 months of captivity on April 7, 1803. 

The Wrongful Death of Toussaint Louverture

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by Leila Ghazi Nouri