The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

The trio of history lectures were completely sold out this season, covering topics including the French Revolution.

Beaumarchais played a crucial role in the American Revolution as a key French ally, using diplomacy, espionage, and financing to support the cause. His covert activities included supplying arms ...

Saint-Domingue's slave revolution posed delicate problems for both England ... were often populated with former slaves and they regularly captured North American ships. French privateering led to a ...

French allies, and various civilians living in North America, Loyalist as well as Patriot, including many made refugees by the war. The American Revolution was a war for independence, a civil war ...

Q: What was the impact of the Haitian Revolution on Americans, black and white? How did Americans percieve Toussaint? What did Jefferson think about Haiti? A: All of the American newspapers ...

JournalAn Exhibit called “The Life and Legacy of the Marquis de Lafayette” will be on display at the Selma-Dallas County ...

Chicago Founder and Haitian Revolutionary Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Chicago Founder Jean Baptiste Point du Sable ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured ...

In their modern forms they came about as a result of two events, the American Revolution in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789. The French Revolution would have an enormous impact in Ireland ...