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How an American Merchant, a French Official and a Pioneering Chemist Smuggled Much-Needed Gunpowder to the Continental ArmyLavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...
The Marquis de Lafayette (Sept 6, 1757 – May 29, 1834) was a French aristocrat, military officer, politician and liberal ...
On July 11 Louis XVI ordered the army to disband it ... one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded ...
Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his ... One of the carvings may even depict French emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte being hanged ...
The revolution sent shockwaves across the monarchies ... have enough support to stage a rebellion with the French army lined up to help them out. MAX: As with so many good ideas that resort ...
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