In 1776, at a Rothschild castle in Germany, Adam Weishaupt - a Jesuit- acted as their agent in organizing the Illuminati movement, which quickly infiltrated the Masonic and other secret societies of Europe. They artificially created the French Revolution, kept food out of Paris creating starvation, and the violence. Simultaneously, the Rothschild, aka the City of London, the power behind the throne of England, worked to dominate the American colonies. When they couldn't totally do so militarily, they worked the financial angle. The Rothschilds and 9 European allied banks own the Federal Reserve.