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Hace 6 días · Marquis de Lafayette (born September 6, 1757, Chavaniac, France—died May 20, 1834, Paris) was a French aristocrat who fought in the Continental Army with the American colonists against the British in the American Revolution.
- Baron Von Steuben
Baron von Steuben (born September 17, 1730, Magdeburg,...
- Comte de Rochambeau
Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (born...
- Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko (born February 4, 1746, Mereczowszczyzna,...
- Kazimierz Pulaski
Kazimierz Pulaski, Polish patriot and U.S. colonial army...
- Mad” Anthony Wayne
In 1792 Wayne was appointed by Pres. George Washington to...
- Benedict Arnold
That autumn Arnold was appointed by General George...
- Baron Von Steuben
Hace 2 días · In 1784, Jefferson proposed the abolition of slavery in all western U.S. territories, limiting slave importation to 15 years. Congress, however, failed to pass his proposal by one vote. In 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, a partial victory for Jefferson that terminated slavery in the Northwest Territory.
- John Adams
- John Adams
Hace 1 día · The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1765 to 1783
14 de may. de 2024 · In 1784, the Spanish controlled the mouth of the Mississippi, and they closed it to American trade, which was frightening to all those farmers who were flooding into Kentucky, and who expected to send their goods down the Mississippi out to markets abroad.
Hace 5 días · French Revolution, revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789—hence the conventional term ‘Revolution of 1789,’ denoting the end of the ancien regime in France and serving also to distinguish that event from the later French revolutions of 1830 and 1848.
- The French Revolution was a period of major social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799. It sought to completely change the relationship b...
- There were many reasons. The bourgeoisie—merchants, manufacturers, professionals—had gained financial power but were excluded from political power....
- King Louis XVI of France yielded to the idea of a new constitution and to the sovereignty of the people but at the same time sent emissaries to the...
- In some respects, the French Revolution did not succeed. But the ideas of representational democracy and basic property rights took hold, and it so...
29 de abr. de 2024 · The Death of Marat, oil painting (1793) by French artist Jacques-Louis David depicting the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, a radical activist of the French Revolution, by Charlotte Corday, a supporter of the opposing political party.
Hace 2 días · In 1784, Louis XVI briefly moved the royal family to the Château de Saint-Cloud ahead of more renovations to the Palace of Versailles, but construction could not begin because of financial difficulty and political crisis.
