BACKGROUND France was ruled by a dynasty called House of Bourbon, which firmly believed in Political absolutism and the Divine Right theory. Louis XIV (1638 […]

INTRODUCTION The French Revolution of 1789 inaugurated a new era in the history of mankind. It introduced for the first time the idea of republicanism […]

The American Revolution had a tremendous effect on Europe. It not only served as an inspiration for France, but also demonstrated that the liberal political […]

POLITICAL CHANGES It gave birth to a new nation, the United State of America. Under the Treaty of Paris (1783), England acknowledged the independence of […]

POLITICAL CAUSES Neither representation of Americans in the legislature nor did they have any rights to present their point of views in British Parliament. Local […]

The representatives of the 13 American colonies met as a group in what is called the First Continental Congress at First Philadelphia Convention in 1774. […]

In May 1787, delegates representing states gathered at Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House for the Constitutional Convention. Drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the signing […]

On April 19, 1775, British soldiers and American militiamen exchanged gunfire on the village green in Lexington, Massachusetts. The fighting spread to nearby Concord. Congress […]

To deal with the intolerable acts of the British Parliament which endangered the liberties of every colony. This congress was formed. The American colonists decided […]

INTOLERABLE ACTS OF 1774 These laws were enacted in order to punish the port of Boston and the people of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea […]