Start of the Revolutionary Terror under Jacobin leader Robespierre. Their sacrifice allows the King to flee to Louisiana. The other monarchies of Europe are horrified at this threat to their legitimacy and begin amassing troops.ġ790: Belgians attempt to throw off Austrian rule but are quickly suppressed.ġ791: The sans-culottes slaughter the French Swiss Guard to the last man at the Tuileries palace. The French King, Louis XVI, widely hated as an out-of-touch tyrant, accepts demands from the moderate liberals and cedes some power to the legislative body, the National Assembly, creating a constitutional monarchy on British lines. The Shaysites initially dominate the American countryside but are steadily rooted out.ġ789: Outbreak of the French Revolution. Merchants and landowners are angered at the implementation of more effective taxes to replace the widely ignored tariffs.ġ781: American independence recognised by Britain.ġ786: A trivial demand from veterans and soldiers over unpaid wages escalates into political demands when Jacobin agitators arrive from France. Labrador and Rupert's Land to France, Michigan and Ohio to Britain.ġ775: Outbreak of the American Revolution. France and Britain come to an agreement on colonial borders in North America.
Red - Jacobin, nationalist and socialist rebellionsġ764: The Seven Years War ends with no clear winner.
Purple - monarchist rebellions and installations
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