Chapter
Age of Revolution
French Revolution, Napoleon, and independence movements.
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French Revolution
1789 CERevolutionary overthrow of French monarchy establishing republic and transforming European political order
Napoleon Bonaparte
1799 CEFrench military leader and Emperor who conquered much of Europe and reformed European law
Napoleonic Wars
1803 CESeries of European conflicts as Napoleon's France battled successive coalitions, reshaping continental politics
Simón Bolívar
1810 CESouth American liberator who led independence movements across Spanish America from 1810-1830
Industrial Revolution
1760 CETransformation from agrarian to industrial economy through mechanization, steam power, and factory production
Meiji Restoration
1868 CEJapanese revolution that ended Tokugawa shogunate and restored imperial rule under Emperor Meiji