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4 days ago · t. e. The National Convention (French: Convention nationale) was the constituent assembly of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for its first three years during the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly.
May 15, 2024 · Haiti is known as the first black republic because it was the first independent nation in the Western Hemisphere to be governed by people of African descent. The Haitian Declaration of Independence and the establishment of the first republic by African leaders stunned both white and black populations in the United States.
1 day ago · Taiwan. T'ao-yüan, Taiwan. Taiwan, island in the western Pacific Ocean that lies roughly 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of southeastern China. It is approximately 245 miles (395 km) long (north-south) and 90 miles (145 km) across at its widest point. Taipei, in the north, is the seat of government of the Republic of China (ROC; Nationalist ...
5 days ago · As China and Iran hunt for dissidents in the US, the FBI is racing to counter the threat. May 3, 2024, 12:37 PM ET (AP) Self-exiled Chinese businessman's chief of staff pleads guilty weeks before trial. Chinese Communist Party (CCP), political party of China. Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the CCP has been ...
May 21, 2024 · Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), series of conflicts between Haitian slaves, colonists, the armies of the British and French colonizers, and a number of other parties. Through the struggle, the Haitian people ultimately won independence from France and thereby became the first country to be founded by former slaves.
5 days ago · John Locke was the first to develop a liberal philosophy as he coherently described the elementary principles of the liberal movement, such as the right to private property and the consent of the governed The Agreement of the People (1647), a manifesto for political change proposed by the Levellers during the English Civil War, called for ...
2 days ago · The French Constitution of 27 October 1946 (Fourth French Republic) established the French Union, which endured until 1958. Newer remnants of the colonial empire were integrated into France as overseas departments and territories within the French Republic. These now total altogether 119,394 km 2 (46,098 sq. miles), with 2.8 million people in 2021.
