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Hace 2 días · The French Revolution had general causes common to all the revolutions of the West at the end of the 18th century and particular causes that explain why it was by far the most violent and the most universally significant of these revolutions. The first of the general causes was the social structure of the West.
- The New Regime
The complicated administrative system of the ancien régime...
- Events of 1789
The Estates-General met at Versailles on May 5, 1789. They...
- Counterrevolution, Regicide, Terror
In the second phase of the war (September 1792–April 1793),...
- Expansion, Reforms, Revolutionaries
Peace on the continent of Europe, however, did not end...
- French Revolution
In 1789 the people of France began the French Revolution....
- Civil Constitution of The Clergy
Civil Constitution of the Clergy, (July 12, 1790), during...
- Coup of 18–19 Brumaire
Coup of 18–19 Brumaire, (November 9–10, 1799), coup d’état...
- Thermidorian Reaction
The coup was primarily a reassertion of the rights of the...
- The New Regime
Hace 4 días · Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world, driving changes in energy use, socioeconomics, and culture.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 1 día · Inspiring other independence movements and revolutions. The American Revolution was part of the first wave of the Atlantic Revolutions, an 18th and 19th century revolutionary wave in the Atlantic World.
- 1765 to 1783
Hace 2 días · Major Events: Battle of the First of June. Battle of Fleurus. Battle of Marengo. Siege of Toulon. Battle of Valmy. (Show more) French Revolutionary wars, title given to the hostilities between France and one or more European powers between 1792 and 1799.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 4 días · Laurence Sterne (1713-68) (fn. 47) lived in or near the city from 1738 when he entered on the vicarage of Sutton-on-the-Forest (N.R.) until 1760 when, on the publication of the first two volumes of Tristram Shandy in York, he sprang suddenly into national, indeed international, fame and spent most of the remainder of his life away from the city.
Hace 2 días · Various events and historical transitions have been proposed as the start of the early modern period, including the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the start of the Renaissance, the end of the Crusades and the beginning of the Age of Discovery.
Hace 4 días · Notable historical events in the late 18th century, that marked the transition from the early modern period to the late modern period, include: the American Revolution (1765–91), French Revolution (1789–99), and beginning of the Industrial Revolution around 1760.
