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 ...

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 ...

Before the Pacers and Spurs tip off in Paris, here's how French players have become such an important part of the NBA's culture — and a huge part of its future.

Adams signed the Acts into law on July 14, the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille that began the French Revolution. They expired on March 3, 1801, the last full day of Adams' presidential ...

It was both an offshoot of the French Revolution, but also an anti-colonialist revolution. It was also the second American nation to successfully win its independence. But before we can talk about ...

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 ...

Travel back in time to late 18th century France and follow the development of the French Revolution. What were the underlying causes for the revolution? What was the Reign of Terror? Who was ...