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King Louis XVI and the French nobility face a revolution of the Third Estate.
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Origins of the French Revolution
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King Louis XVI and the French nobility face a revolution of the Third Estate.
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The French Revolution
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Step into the the excitement and chaos of the French Revolution as told by musician and artist Jeffrey Lewis.
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American Revolution
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Get the story of how a fledgling, largely disconnected nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time.
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Declaration of Independence
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To many in the Continental Congress, war was unthinkable. So why did they finally create this revolutionary document?
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Isaac Newton and a Scientific Revolution
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The Protestant Reformation encourages both religious and scientific thought.
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Beyond the Big Bang: Galileo Galilei
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In a History Beyond the Big Bang video, discover that the sophisticated telescopes used by astronomers today to see distant galaxies are direct descendents of the humble lenses used by Galileo Galilei over four hundred years ago.
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Jefferson's Pursuit of Knowledge
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As a young man in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson pursues an education based on the ideals of the Enlightenment.
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Thomas Jefferson in Paris
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Jefferson soaks up the culture, art and architecture of Paris while on assignment as a trade representative.
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In this History Channel video clip on Isaac Newton, we learn a lot about the scientist who is said to be the smartest one to have ever lived. Learn a bit about gravity and Newton's analysis on the moon. His laws explain almost everything.
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