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.

who worked with the American Thomas Jefferson to draft The Declaration of the Rights of Man. While the motto of the French revolution was “liberty, equality, fraternity”, in practice this did ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...