General Flashcards
(114 cards)
1
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7 years war
A
1756-1763
2
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American war of independence
A
1775-1783
3
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Declaration of independence in Philadelphia
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July 4th, 1776
4
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US Constitution implemented
A
1789
5
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Summoning of the Estates general
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1788
6
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«Oath du jeu de paume» and National Assembly
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July 1789
7
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Prise de la Bastille
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Juillet 1789
8
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Declaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen
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August 1789
9
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Marche sur Versailles
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5 and 6 october 1789
10
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Oath of Loyalty of the Clergy
A
1790
11
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France 1st Constitution
A
Septembre 1791
12
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End of the monarchy
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August 1792
13
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France 2nd and never applied Constitution
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1793
14
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Terror
A
1793-1794
15
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France 3rd Constitution The Directoire
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1795
16
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18th of Brumaire
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November 9, 1799
17
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France 4th Constitution The French Consulate
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December, 1799
18
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Napoleon coronation
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1804
19
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Concordat
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1801
20
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Napoleonic code
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1804
21
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Battle of Trafalgar and victory and death of Admiral Nelson
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1805
22
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Contiental system
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1806
23
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Prussian campaign, battle of Jena : confederation of the Rhine
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1806-1807
24
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Treaty of Schönbrunn that resulted on the marriage with Marie Louise
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1809
25
Polish campaign
1809-1810
26
Penal code
1810
27
Iberian War
1807-1813
28
Russian campaign
1812
29
Napoleon is facing the whole Europe
1813
30
Battle of nations : Leipzig
1813
31
First Napoleon’s abdication
April 1814
32
The 100 days
March - June 1815
33
Waterloo, defeat of France
June 1815
34
Vienna Congress
September 1814 - June 1815
35
Charter of Louis XVIII
1814
36
Charles X on the throne
1824
37
Reactionary Jules de Polignac president of the assembly
August 1829
38
July ordinances (no press, dissolution of the assembly,
July 1830
39
« 3 Glorious »
27-30 July 1830
40
Louis Philippe is offered the crown
1830
41
Banquet are forbidden by Guizot
January 22, 1848
42
2nd French Republic and Louis Philippe abdication
1848
43
June day uprising and violent repression
June 1848
44
Louis Napoleon is elected President
december 10 1848
45
Coup d’état de Napoléon III
2 décembre 1851
46
First series of attempts to independence in Latin America
1806-1816
47
Chile, Peru, Gran Colombia independence
1818-1822
48
defeat of the Spanish troops in Latin America
1824
49
Monroe doctrine
1823
50
Fontainebleau’s treaty to allow French troops passage in Spain
1807
51
Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favour of his son Ferdinand VII
1808
52
Abdication of Bayonne, Napoleon appoints his brother Josep king of Spain
1808
53
Violent uprising crushed by Murat in SPAIN
May 1808
54
French troops out of Spain thanks to Wellington
1813
55
Liberal revolts against Ferdinand VII conducted by liberals
1820
56
French military intervenes in Spain « hundred thousands Sons of Saint Louis »
1823-1827
57
Students uprising in German universities
1831-1832
58
March governments in Germany (liberals)
1848
59
1st meeting of the German National Assembly
1848
60
Declaration of the basic rights of the german people
1848
61
« Possible » german Constitution failed
1849
62
Society of friends in Greece whose goal was to overthrow the Ottoman Empire’s occupation
1814
63
Greek war of independence
1821-1832
64
Revolt in Turkish Moldavia
1821
65
Massacre of Chios
1824
66
London treaty establishes Greek’s borders
1832
67
Vienna Congress creates « Congress Poland »
1815
68
Carbonari revolution in northern Italy (after the occupation by Murat)
1821
69
Holy Alliance and Austria crushed the revolts in Italy
1821
70
Uprising in Lombardy, Venetia and Papal States
1848
71
Provisional government in Italy
1848
72
Poor harvests + political and social demands in the UK
1818-1819
73
Abolition of the combination act that forbidden trade unions in the UK
1824
74
People act to enlarge electoral body in the UK
1832
75
Poor laws repealed in the UK
1834
76
State visit of Edward VII in Paris
1903
77
Fachoda’s Crisis
1898
78
Qui était Jean Baptiste Clément?
A french song writer and communard, author of Le temps des cerises et Le Capitaine « au mur »
79
What was the main reason behind the health improvement during the early 19th century ?
A marked increase in the food supply
80
The last great European famine
1816-1817 after an Indonesian volcano explosion in 1815
81
Famine in Russia
1891-1892
82
proportion of the active population engage in manufacturing, mining or building in 1850
17% in France, 48% in Great Britain
83
Proportion of the active population engaged in agriculture in France in 1850
more than half
84
Cholera epidemic had an impact on working class ghettos
1832
85
What was the goal of the Corn Laws ?
To keep out cheap foreign grain for the benefits of home producers.
86
Anti-Corn Law League led by R. Cobden denounced the Corn Laws as a rampart for Aristocracy
1838
87
PM Robert Peel repeals the Corn Laws
1846
88
Ireland Great Famine
1845-1852
89
What did the railways mainly replace ?
road and canals to transport materials more effectively
90
percentage of female workers in Paris in 1840’s
60%
91
execution of the Duc d’Enghien
1804
92
Concordat
1801
93
the difference in administration between the revolution and the Napoleonic Era
during the Revolution its was the work of committees whereas under Napoleon it was the work of all-powerful individuals
94
Karl Marx publishes The Capital
1867
95
Proportion of of the population living in towns over 10.000 inhabitants in 1870 in England and France
England 57% France 21%
| less than 10% in Russia
96
Opening of the Suez Canal
1869
97
tonnage of Britain’s iron exported in 1845 and in 1870
1 million to 320million
98
Crimean War
1854-1856
99
Treaty of Nankin
1842
100
Consequences of the treaty of Nankin
- China must open its harbours to western ships
| - give Hong Kong to Great Britain
101
First Opium War
1838-1842
102
Second Opium War
1856-1860
103
Traité de Francfort
1871
104
Sickness Insurance Law in Germany
1883
105
Factory act in Great-Britain
1875
106
What did Metternich said about Italy in 1815 ?
A geographic expression
107
Italy unified
1859-1861
108
Germany Unification by Bismarck
1871
109
Rome becomes the Capital of Italy
1871
110
Who largely controlled Italy after the fall of the French Empire
Austria and Habsburg
111
What did Mazzini wished for Italy ?
A federal republic
112
Cavour is appointed PM of Italy by Victor Emmanuel II
1852
113
2nd War of Italian Independence helped by Napoleon III
1859
114
Zollverein
1834
