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2. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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   This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France.

3. List of revolutions and rebellions - Wikipedia

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   Kingdom of France: Rebels in Brittany 1675–1676 King Philip's War: New England Confederation: Native Americans Confederation victory 1676 Bacon's Rebellion: Colony of Virginia: Virginia colonists, indentured servants and slaves: Change in Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy 1680–1692 Pueblo Revolt: Spanish Empire: Puebloans

4. Age of Revolution - Wikipedia

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   France provided the vocabulary and the issues of liberal and radical-democratic politics for most of the world. France provided the first great example, the concept and the vocabulary of nationalism. France provided the codes of law, the model of scientific and technical organization, the metric system of measurement for most countries. The ...

5. Timelines of world history - Wikipedia

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   These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history

6. Timeline of geopolitical changes (2000–present) - Wikipedia

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   This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world since 2000. It includes dates of declarations of independence , changes in country name , changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation , cession , concession , occupation , or secession of land.

7. French Revolution - Wikipedia

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   The French Revolution had a major impact on western history, by ending feudalism in France and creating a path for advances in individual freedoms throughout Europe. [ 227 ] [ 2 ] The revolution represented the most significant challenge to political absolutism up to that point in history and spread democratic ideals throughout Europe and ...

8. Political history of France - Wikipedia

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   In 1788, the ratio of debt to gross national income in France was 55.6%, compared to 181.8% in Britain, and although French borrowing costs were higher, the percentage of revenue devoted to interest payments was roughly the same in both countries. [38] The problem lay in the assessment and collection of the taxes used to fund government ...

9. History of France (1900–present) - Wikipedia

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   The Third Republic from its Origins to the Great War, 1871-1914 (The Cambridge History of Modern France) (1988) excerpt and text search; Price, Roger. A Social History of Nineteenth-Century France (1987) 403pp. 403 pgs. [ISBN missing] Robb, Graham. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War (2007)