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American Revolution 1775-1783
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America. -
Calling of the Estates General
Calling of the Estates General was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General -
National Assembly
a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate -
Feudalism Abolished
the French Revolution was to abolish feudalism, and the old rules, taxes and privileges left over from the age of feudalism. The National Constituent Assembly, acting on the night of 4 August 1789, announced, "The National Assembly abolishes the feudal system entirely." It abolished both the seigneurial rights of the Second Estate (the nobility) and the tithes gathered by the First Estate (the Catholic clergy). -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.
