The French Revolution
Made up 97% of the population and had to pay almost all of the taxes
What is the Third Estate
A document from 1215 that gave the right to due process in England. It means Great Document.
What is the Magna Carta?
The leader of France who fought many battles and who crowned himself Emperor in 1803.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Organizations for improving the working conditions and to unify worker's voices.
What are labor unions?
He was the absolute monarch of England before his head was separated from his body in 1649
Who is Charles I?
The event that began the French Revolution that involved the storming of a prison in France.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
Written by Thomas Jefferson during the American Revolution
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Toussaint L'Ouverture led this Revolution, freeing all the slaves in his country.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
Economic system where the means of production are owned privately and the government does not touch the economy.
What is Capitalism?
Peter the Great ruled this country and dragged it into the modern world.
What is Russia?
A device that killed thousands during the French Revolution
What is the guillotine?
This philosopher created the idea of a Separation of Power and Checks and Balances
Who is Montesquieu?
Many French people were put to death for simple crimes during this 'rule of fear'
What is the Reign of Terror?
Developed and wrote the theory of Communism
Who is Karl Marx?
At the Palace of Versailles, this King called himself the Sun King because he thought his subjects revolved around him.
Who is Louis XIV
His death ended the French Revolution in 1793
Who is Louis XVI?
A bloodless revolution that resulted in the creation of the English Bill of Rights
What is the Glorious Revolution?
It was the last battle for Napoleon against a coalition of European nations that ended in napoleon's ultimate defeat.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
Who is Henry Bessemer?
This right allowed the kings of Europe to claim God had given them the right to rule.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
One of the causes of the French Revolution that involved the sharing on new political ideas
What is the Enlightenment?
The Philosopher who came up with the phrase "Life, Liberty, and Property."
Who is John Locke?
After Napoleon's defeat, leaders in Europe met here to redraw the map of Europe.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, Labor, and Capital are among the reasons the Industrial Revolution started in this country.
What is England?
What is the English Civil War?