Enlightenment
This Enlightenment thinker believed the government should be divided into different branches
Montesquieu
This war took place on 5 continents, nearly doubled Great Britain's national debt, and helped add new territory to the British colonies in North America
The Seven Years War
What country did Haiti gain independence from?
France
What problems in France led to the French Revolution?
French government was bankrupt from Seven Years War, the Third Estate was being forced to pay heavy taxes while the First and Second Estates did not pay any taxes, crop failure and starvation
What country did Brazil become independent from?
Portugal
He believed people were born equal with certain God- given rights called Natural Rights
John Locke
How did British debt from the Seven Years War lead to the American Revolution?
The British significantly increased taxes on the American colonies to pay war debts
Why is the Haitian Revolution significant?
Only completely successful slave revolt in History
What group of people made up the Second Estate?
Nobility
What inspired the revolutions in Latin America?
The Enlightenment, French Revolution and American Revolution
Hobbes believed that people agreed to give up some freedoms to be ruled by the government and in turn the government would protect the people's rights. What did Hobbes call this agreement or contract?
Social Contract
This person used Enlightenment ideas to write his book Common Sense, which argued that the American colonies should fight for independence
Thomas Pain
What inspired the Haitian Revolution?
The ideas of the Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution
What inspired the French Revolution?
The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
Who was responsible for liberating most of South America from Spanish rule?
Simon Bolivar
Laissez Faire Economics
Where did the ideas for the Declaration of Independence come from?
The Enlightenment
Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
What happened to the King and Queen of France?
They were executed
Mexican leader in the Mexican movement for independence from Spain
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Who was the Enlightenment philosopher that supported gender equality and believed women should be educated?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Which Enlightenment philosophers ideas are used in the Constitution?
Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu
Who did the Haitian Revolution grant equal rights for?
Whites and Blacks
What was the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?
Tens of thousands of people were executed who were considered enemies of the state
This South American country had one of the most peaceful transitions to independence
Brazil