Category Archives: Revolution

Slavery in Canada

Posted on December 11, 2019 by beaugrand

Slavery in Canada includes both that practiced by First Nations from earliest times and that under European colonization. While Britain did not ban slavery in present-day Canada (and the rest of colonies) until 1833, the practice of slavery was ended … Continue reading →

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Guadeloupe

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Guadeloupe is an overseas region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the Îles des Saintes, as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. The islands were first populated by … Continue reading →

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Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi

Posted on November 6, 2019 by beaugrand

Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi 1954 age 64 He is an Egyptian politician who is the sixth and current President of Egypt, in office since 201.4. Sisi also began serving a one-year term as Chairperson of the African Union, … Continue reading →

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Nicolae Ceaușescu

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

Nicolae Ceaușescu 1918-1989, age 71 He was a Romanian communist politician. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989 and hence the second and last Communist leader of Romania. His secret police, the Securitate, … Continue reading →

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Nouvelle-France / New France

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

Nouvelle-France / New France, (1534–1763) The Liberty Tree, officially adopted in 1792, is a symbol of the everlasting Republic, national freedom, and political revolution. It has historic roots in revolutionary France as well as America, as a symbol that was … Continue reading →

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One of our Founding Fathers

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

One of our Founding Fathers Not long after the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the man who would become the United States’ third president, Thomas Jefferson began a sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings. Jefferson owned a large plantation in … Continue reading →

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The Genome Revolution

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

The Genome Revolution The American melting pot began to swirl almost as soon as Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. European colonists, their African slaves, and the indigenous Americans were from populations whose ancestors had been isolated from each other for … Continue reading →

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The French Canadians

Posted on October 30, 2019 by beaugrand

The French Canadians set up a number of villages along the waterways, including Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; La Baye, Wisconsin; Cahokia, Illinois; Kaskaskia, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan; Saint Ignace, Michigan; Vincennes, Indiana; St. Paul, Minnesota; St. Louis, … Continue reading →

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National Convention

Posted on July 21, 2019 by beaugrand

In 1793, the National Convention passed two hallmarks of Jacobin legislation with sweeping price controls called the General Maximum and a ban on women’s political clubs. At the center of both issues were factional clashes among the Montagnards, Girondins, and … Continue reading →

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Marie Gouze

Posted on July 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Olympe de Gouges 7 May 1748–1793), born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose writings on Women’s rights and abolitionism reached a large audience. She began her career as a playwright in the early 1780s. As political … Continue reading →