Revolution Basics
A major change in government or society.
What is a revolution?
A major cause of the American Revolution
What are taxes without representation?
The social group that made up the Third Estate.
Who are the common people?
The main goal of the Haitian Revolution.
What is independence and ending slavery?
Priest who encouraged rebellion in Mexico.
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
Inspiration for many revolutions in the 1700s and 1800s.
What are Enlightenment ideas?
The document that declared independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A prison whose storming symbolized the start of the revolution.
What is the Bastille?
The leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?
This group began the revolution in Mexico.
Who are the mestizos?
The separation of religious institutions & beliefs from government affairs.
What is secularism?
The empire the American colonies fought against.
What is Great Britain?
The famous slogan of the French Revolution.
What is “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”?
The European country Haiti fought against.
What is France?
The social class that led most Latin American revolutions.
Who are the Creoles?
Pride in one’s nation and culture.
What is nationalism?
An Enlightenment idea reflected in the American Revolution.
What are natural rights / individual rights?
A period marked by mass political executions.
What is the Reign of Terror?
He successfully freed Haiti from France creating an independent nation.
Who is Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
Primary country from who independence was gained
What is Spain?
The reason many revolutions failed to create equality for all people.
What is social hierarchies remaining?
A key global impact of the American Revolution.
What is inspiring other revolutions?
Radical ruler of France during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
This revolution was also considered as this.
What is a slave revolt?
Two key leaders of the revolutions in South America
Who are Bolivar and San Martin?