Enlightenment
________ is the use of scientific and logical thinking to understand society.
Reason
What country did the Industrial Revolution begin in?
England
The American colonists were able to defeat the British in the American Revolution with the help of what country?
France
What was the name of the person who led the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre
What two countries controlled Latin America for 300+ years?
Spain & Portugal
What are the two ways of thinking about the State of Nature?
People are born naturally good AND People are born naturally bad.
This is the term used to describe the migration of people into cities.
Urbanization
What is the name of the war that determined who would own North America?
French and Indian War
At the beginning of the French Revolution, why were the members of the 3rd Estate were angry?
They were taxed too much and had very little power in the government.
Who were the worst treated groups in the colonies?
Enslaved Africans & Native Americans
This philosopher proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of a government.
Montesquieu
What are two characteristics of capitalism?
Private Property
Market-driven economy
Limited government interference
What was the name of the radical political organization that expressed anger against British rule and acts passed?
Sons of Liberty
Why did the “angry mob” storm the Bastille?
They were searching for gunpowder and weapons.
Who was the person that liberated Hati?
Toussaint Louverture
How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?
Ideas of Locke - It said that people have rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
What are the three factors of production?
Land
Labor
Capital
Name two of the advantages that the colonists had against the British.
Home-field
Grand Cause
Effective Leadership
Time
French Alliance
What were the two reasons that Napoleon’s men had to retreat from Russia?
Scorched Earth Policy & Bad Winter
Name three of the six countries that Bolivar liberated.
Venezuela
Columbia
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Panama
What is the difference between the mercantilist and laissez-faire economic systems?
Mercantilism = prioritizes government intervention to maximize exports and minimize imports
Laissez-Faire = advocates for minimal government involvement in the economy - free market
List and describe two causes of the Industrial Revolution.
Successful farming
Large Workforce
Natural Resources
New Inventions
Rise of Factories & Railroads
What two things did the Declaration of Independence do? (What were the two parts?)
Statement of rights & listed the wrongs the British had committed against the colonists.
Name one of the forces of change and describe how is started the French Revolution.
Monarchy, Enlightenment, American Revolution, Third Estate & Taxes, or Starvation.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
A foreign policy statement by President James Monroe in 1823 that warned European powers not to colonize in the Americas. Efforts to take a new colony are seen as “unfriendly disposition” to the U.S.